Perityle coronopifolia |
Perityle tenella |
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Arizona rockdaisy, crow-foot rock daisy |
Dixie or Springdale Rock daisy, Springdale rock-daisy |
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Habit | Subshrubs, 6–36 cm (in rock crevices, stems relatively many, erect or pendulous, very leafy); sparsely to densely grayish hairy. | Perennials or subshrubs, (5–)15–30(–35) cm (stems erect to pendulous often densely leafy); usually densely short-hairy. |
Leaves | petioles 2–8(–12) mm; blades pedately 3-lobed (lobes spatulate or linear), or 2–3-pinnatifid (lobes linear-filiform), 4–30 × 4–20 mm, ultimate margins entire. |
petioles 2–8 mm; blades usually broadly deltate-ovate, sometimes subovate or subcordate, 5–18(–25) × 4–18(–20) mm, (bases truncate) margins usually ± serrate, rarely laciniate. |
Peduncles | 7–15 mm. |
4–25 mm. |
Involucres | campanulate. |
campanulate. |
Ray florets | 8–12; corollas white, laminae broadly oblong or oblong-elliptic to subspatulate, 3–7 × 2–3 mm. |
0. |
Disc florets | 30–40; corollas yellow, often purple tinged, tubes 0.8–1 mm, throats tubular, tubular-funnelform, or tubular-campanulate, 1–1.3 mm, lobes 0.3–0.4 mm. |
23–35(–48); corollas yellow, tubes (1–)1.2–1.6 mm, throats tubular to narrowly funnelform, 1.2–1.6(–2.2) mm, lobes 0.3–0.7 mm. |
Phyllaries | 2–16, linear-lanceolate to narrow-ovate, 3.5–5 × 0.5–1.5 mm. |
13–20, linear to narrowly or broadly lanceolate, 4–5(–6) × 0.8–1.3 mm. |
Heads | (2–5) in corymbiform arrays, 5–6.5 × 5–6 mm. |
borne singly or (2–10) in corymbiform arrays, 6–7 × 4–6 mm. |
Cypselae | linear-oblong to narrowly oblanceolate, 1.8–2.5 mm, margins usually prominently calloused, sometimes thin, usually ciliate; pappi of 2(–3+) barbellulate bristles 1.5–2.5 mm plus crowns of hyaline, laciniate scales. |
narrowly oblanceolate, 2.5–3.3 mm, margins obviously calloused, minutely hairy; pappi 0 or of 1(–3) moderately stout bristles 2–2.8(–4.1) mm plus callous crowns. |
2n | = 34. |
= 32. |
Perityle coronopifolia |
Perityle tenella |
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Phenology | Flowering spring–fall. | Flowering spring–fall. |
Habitat | Rock and cliff faces | Rocky slopes or crevices in limestone or sandstone rock faces |
Elevation | 1000–2600 m (3300–8500 ft) | 600–2700 m (2000–8900 ft) |
Distribution |
AZ; NM; Mexico (Chihuahua)
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AZ; NV; UT
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Discussion | Perityle coronopifolia is widespread in south-central and southeastern Arizona, and southwestern and south-central New Mexico. The combination of white rays, often pinnatifid leaves, and perennial habit distinguish it. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Of conservation concern. Similarities of Perityle tenella to P. congesta are discussed under the latter. Perityle tenella occurs in northwestern Arizona, southeastern Nevada, and southwestern Utah. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Source | FNA vol. 21, p. 322. | FNA vol. 21, p. 329. |
Parent taxa | Asteraceae > tribe Heliantheae > subtribe Peritylinae > Perityle > sect. Perityle | Asteraceae > tribe Heliantheae > subtribe Peritylinae > Perityle > sect. Laphamia |
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Synonyms | Laphamia coronopifolia | Laphamia palmeri var. tenella, Laphamia palmeri |
Name authority | A. Gray: Smithsonian Contr. Knowl. 5(6): 82. (1853) | (M. E. Jones) J. F. Macbride: Contr. Gray Herb. 56: 39. (1918) |
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