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Emory's Rock daisy

Ajo 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, to 30 cm; usually densely short-tomentose.
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.

(proximally opposite, distally alternate): petioles 3–10 mm;

blades deltate, ovate, or suborbiculate, 5–15 × 5–15 mm, margins shallow-crenate to dentate.

Peduncles

1–70 mm.

5–15 mm.

Involucres

campanulate to hemispheric.

campanulate to hemispheric.

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.

20–45;

corollas yellow, tubes 1–1.2 mm, throats tubular to narrowly funnelform, 1.3–1.6 mm, lobes 0.4–0.6 mm.

Phyllaries

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

15–20, oblanceolate to broadly lanceolate, 4–5 × 0.8–1.8 mm.

Heads

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

borne singly or (2–10) in loose, corymbiform arrays, 7–9 × 6–9 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.

narrowly suboblong to oblanceolate, 2.5–3.5 mm, margins prominently calloused, short-hairy;

pappi of 1(–2) stout bristles 1.8–2.8 mm.

2n

= 65–72 or 100–116.

= 34.

Perityle emoryi

Perityle ajoensis

Phenology Flowering year round (depending on latitude). Flowering spring–fall.
Habitat Coastal bluffs, desert plains, slopes, washes Crevices of rocky canyon walls and cliff faces
Elevation 10–1500 m (0–4900 ft) 800–1200 m (2600–3900 ft)
Distribution
from FNA
AZ; CA; NV; UT; Mexico; South America (Chile, Peru)
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AZ
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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.)

Of conservation concern.

Perityle ajoensis occurs in the Ajo Mountains of Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument in Pima County.

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

Source FNA vol. 21, p. 321. FNA vol. 21, p. 331.
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. 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. aglossa, 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
Name authority Torrey: in W. H. Emory, Not. Milit. Reconn., 142. (1848) Todsen: J. Arizona Acad. Sci. 9: 35. (1974)
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