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fringe rock daisy, hairy rock-daisy

New Mexico Rock daisy

Habit Subshrubs, 15–30 cm (in rock crevices, stems relatively many, erect to pendulous); sparsely to densely short-hairy, glandular. Perennials or subshrubs, 15–40 cm (often forming dense clumps, densely leafy); glabrous or puberulent.
Leaves

petioles 2–15 mm;

blades deltate-ovate to ovate-rhombic, 6–23 × 5–24 mm, margins usually entire or serrate to serrate-crenate, sometimes shallow-lobed.

petioles 10–25(–40) mm;

blades usually deeply divided, 5–30 × 7–25 mm, lobes 3, relatively broad to linear, usually secondarily lobed, cleft, or parted, often ± cruciform, sometimes almost entire.

Peduncles

5–25 mm.

4–25 mm.

Involucres

campanulate.

campanulate.

Ray florets

6–10;

corollas white, sometimes pink tinged, laminae broadly oblong to oblong-elliptic, 3–7 × 1.5–3 mm.

0, or 4–8;

corollas yellow, laminae oblong, 3.6–4.8 × 1.2–2.2 mm.

Disc florets

30–40;

corollas yellow, often purple tinged, tubes 0.8–1 mm, throats tubular to tubular-funnelform, 1.2–1.4 mm, lobes 0.3–0.4 mm.

40–50;

corollas yellow, tubes 1.5–1.6 mm, throats subtubular to narrowly funnelform, 1.5–2 mm, lobes 0.6–0.8 mm.

Phyllaries

13–20, linear-lanceolate to narrow-ovate, 4–5.5 × 1–2 mm.

13–16(–22), sublanceolate, 3.4–4 × 0.7–1.1(–1.8) mm.

Heads

in corymbiform arrays, 5–7 × 5.5–7 mm.

usually in corymbiform arrays, sometimes borne singly, 6–7.5 × 4.5–6 mm.

Cypselae

linear-oblong to oblanceolate, 2–2.8 mm, margins prominently calloused, long-ciliate;

pappi of 2(–3+) barbellulate bristles 1.5–2.5 mm plus crowns of hyaline, laciniate scales.

oblanceolate, 1.8–2.3(–2.7) mm, margins thin-calloused, short-hairy;

pappi of 2–3(–6) bristles 1.8–2.5 mm (at least the longer), often plus minute, hyaline scales.

2n

= 34.

Perityle ciliata

Perityle staurophylla

Phenology Flowering spring–fall.
Habitat In rock crevices
Elevation 1100–2500 m (3600–8200 ft)
Distribution
from FNA
AZ
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from FNA
NM
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Discussion

Perityle ciliata is found only in the mountains of central Arizona in Apache, Coconino, Gila, Mohave, and Yavapai counties. It appears to be most closely related to P. coronopifolia.

(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)

Varieties 2 (2 in the flora).

(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)

Key
1. Leaves: lobes usually linear to filiform; ray florets 0 (n end of San Andres Mountains)
var. homoflora
1. Leaves: lobes relatively broad to filiform; ray florets 4–8 (not n end of San Andres Mountains)
var. staurophylla
Source FNA vol. 21, p. 322. FNA vol. 21, p. 333.
Parent taxa Asteraceae > tribe Heliantheae > subtribe Peritylinae > Perityle > sect. Perityle Asteraceae > tribe Heliantheae > subtribe Peritylinae > Perityle > sect. Laphamia
Sibling taxa
P. aglossa, P. ajoensis, P. ambrosiifolia, P. angustifolia, P. bisetosa, P. cernua, P. cinerea, P. cochisensis, P. congesta, P. coronopifolia, P. dissecta, P. emoryi, P. fosteri, P. gilensis, P. gracilis, P. huecoensis, P. intricata, P. inyoensis, P. lemmonii, P. lindheimeri, P. megalocephala, P. microglossa, P. parryi, P. quinqueflora, P. rupestris, P. saxicola, P. specuicola, P. stansburyi, P. staurophylla, P. tenella, P. vaseyi, P. villosa, P. vitreomontana, P. warnockii
P. aglossa, P. ajoensis, P. ambrosiifolia, P. angustifolia, P. bisetosa, P. cernua, P. ciliata, P. cinerea, P. cochisensis, P. congesta, P. coronopifolia, P. dissecta, P. emoryi, P. fosteri, P. gilensis, P. gracilis, P. huecoensis, P. intricata, P. inyoensis, P. lemmonii, P. lindheimeri, P. megalocephala, P. microglossa, P. parryi, P. quinqueflora, P. rupestris, P. saxicola, P. specuicola, P. stansburyi, P. tenella, P. vaseyi, P. villosa, P. vitreomontana, P. warnockii
Subordinate taxa
P. staurophylla var. homoflora, P. staurophylla var. staurophylla
Synonyms Laphamia ciliata Laphamia staurophylla
Name authority (L. H. Dewey) Rydberg: in N. L. Britton et al., N. Amer. Fl. 34: 17. (1914) (Barneby) Shinners: SouthW. Naturalist 4: 205. (1959)
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