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fringe rock daisy, hairy rock-daisy

Vasey's 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, (10–)15–75 cm (in soil, tap roots fleshy, stems erect or spreading); glandular-pubescent.
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 10–35 mm;

blades usually palmately 3-lobed or ± cruciform, 6–35 × 10–50 mm, lobes usually again ternately dissected, cleft, or parted.

Peduncles

5–25 mm.

10–80 mm.

Involucres

campanulate.

campanulate to hemispheric.

Ray florets

6–10;

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

12–18;

corollas yellow, laminae oblong, 4–10 × 2–4 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.

50–100;

corollas yellow, tubes 1.2–1.5 mm, throats tubular to broadly tubular, 2.2–3 mm, lobes 0.4–0.6 mm.

Phyllaries

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

20–30, oblanceolate or lanceolate to linear-lanceolate, 6–7 × 1–2 mm, apices usually acute, sometimes short-attenuate.

Heads

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

borne singly or (2–3) in corymbiform arrays, 8–10 × 10–13 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.

linear-elliptic to narrowly oblanceolate, (2–)3–4 mm, margins usually prominently calloused, sometimes thin, usually densely ciliate, sometimes short-hairy;

pappi 0 or of 1(–2) retrorsely or erectly barbellate (at least near tips) bristles 1–4 mm plus crowns of hyaline, laciniate scales.

2n

= 34.

= 34.

Perityle ciliata

Perityle vaseyi

Phenology Flowering spring–fall. Flowering year around.
Habitat In rock crevices Desert soils, especially gypsiferous clays
Elevation 1100–2500 m (3600–8200 ft) 700–1800 m (2300–5900 ft)
Distribution
from FNA
AZ
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TX; Mexico (Chihuahua, Coahuila)
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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.)

Perityle vaseyi is always found growing in soil, often on roadsides and in road cuts in the southwestern Big Bend area. The more deeply dissected leaves, shorter pappus bristles with barbellate tips, and broader phyllaries help distinguish it from the soil-growing form of P. parryi.

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

Source FNA vol. 21, p. 322. FNA vol. 21, p. 323.
Parent taxa Asteraceae > tribe Heliantheae > subtribe Peritylinae > Perityle > sect. Perityle Asteraceae > tribe Heliantheae > subtribe Peritylinae > Perityle > sect. Perityle
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. staurophylla, P. tenella, P. villosa, P. vitreomontana, P. warnockii
Synonyms Laphamia ciliata
Name authority (L. H. Dewey) Rydberg: in N. L. Britton et al., N. Amer. Fl. 34: 17. (1914) J. M. Coulter: Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 1: 42. (1890)
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