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Emory's Rock daisy

bluff rock daisy, rayless rock daisy

Habit Annuals (sometimes persisting), 2–60 cm (delicate or robust, stems relatively few to many, erect or spreading); puberulent to hirsute, glandular-pubescent. Perennials or subshrubs, 15–45 cm (in rock crevices); glandular-pubescent.
Leaves

petioles 3–45 mm;

blades ovate, cordate, suborbiculate, or triangular, 17–60 × 10–50 mm, margins deeply toothed, lobed, cleft, or divided, lobes indented to irregularly dissected.

petioles 8–23 mm;

blades ovate, subcordate, or subdeltate, 6–20 × 5–25 mm, margins irregularly lobed, laciniate, serrate-dentate, or shallowly 3-lobed.

Peduncles

1–70 mm.

10–25 mm.

Involucres

campanulate to hemispheric.

campanulate.

Ray florets

usually 8–14, rarely rudimentary or 0;

corollas white, laminae oblong, 1–4(–6) × 1–3 mm.

0.

Disc florets

40–100+;

corollas yellow, tubes 0.7–1.3 mm, throats tubular to tubular-funnelform, 0.8–1.3 mm, lobes 0.1–0.2 mm.

20–60;

corollas yellow, often pink or purple tinged, tubes 1–1.7 mm, throats tubular, 2.1–3.2 mm, lobes 0.4–0.6 mm.

Phyllaries

10–20, lanceolate or oblanceolate to ovate-lanceolate, 4–6 × 1–2 mm.

14–24, linear to linear-lanceolate, (5–)6–10 × 0.5–1 mm, apices long-attenuate.

Heads

borne singly or in corymbiform arrays, 4–10 × 4–10 mm.

borne singly or (2–3) in corymbiform arrays, 8–11 × 4–8 mm.

Cypselae

suboblong, oblanceolate, or subcuneate, (1.5–)2–3 mm, margins thin (not calloused), long- or short-ciliate;

pappi 0 or of 1 antrorsely to retrorsely barbellate bristles 1–3 mm plus crowns of hyaline, laciniate scales.

oblong to narrowly oblanceolate, (1–)2–3.2 mm, margins prominently calloused, densely ciliate;

pappi of 1(–2) antrorsely barbellate bristles 3.5–6 mm plus crowns of hyaline, laciniate scales.

2n

= 65–72 or 100–116.

= 34.

Perityle emoryi

Perityle aglossa

Phenology Flowering year round (depending on latitude). Flowering spring–fall.
Habitat Coastal bluffs, desert plains, slopes, washes Limestone rock crevices
Elevation 10–1500 m (0–4900 ft) 600–1300 m (2000–4300 ft)
Distribution
from FNA
AZ; CA; NV; UT; Mexico; South America (Chile, Peru)
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from FNA
TX; Mexico (Coahuila)
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Discussion

Perityle emoryi is a widespread polyploid of diverse habitats and is often weedy. It is variable; none of the variation appears to have population significance and does not require taxonomic recognition. The range of P. emoryi appears to be gradually expanding.

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

Perityle aglossa is consistently discoid and occurs in limestone crevices along and near the Rio Grande in Brewster and Terrell counties. A combination of subtle characteristics including shallower leaf lobing, narrower shape and more attenuate apices of the phyllaries, shorter cypselae, and proportionally longer pappus bristles distinguish these plants from the rayless ones of P. parryi.

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

Source FNA vol. 21, p. 321. 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. ciliata, P. cinerea, P. cochisensis, P. congesta, P. coronopifolia, P. dissecta, 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. 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. vaseyi, P. villosa, P. vitreomontana, P. warnockii
Synonyms Laphamia aglossa
Name authority Torrey: in W. H. Emory, Not. Milit. Reconn., 142. (1848) A. Gray: Smithsonian Contr. Knowl. 5(6): 107. (1853)
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