Perityle emoryi |
Perityle ajoensis |
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Emory's Rock daisy |
Ajo Rock daisy |
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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 |
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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 |
AZ; CA; NV; UT; Mexico; South America (Chile, Peru)
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AZ |
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 | ||
Name authority | Torrey: in W. H. Emory, Not. Milit. Reconn., 142. (1848) | Todsen: J. Arizona Acad. Sci. 9: 35. (1974) |
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