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Emory's Rock daisy

two-bristle 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, 2–12 cm; glabrate, glabrous, minutely hairy, or scabrous-hispidulous.
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 (0–)1–7 mm;

blades lanceolate, lance-ovate, ovate, or suborbiculate, 4–8 × 2–8 mm, margins entire, serrate, or shallow-lobed.

Peduncles

1–70 mm.

0–3 mm.

Involucres

campanulate to hemispheric.

narrowly 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.

11–17;

corollas white, tubes 0.8–1 mm, throats tubular to subfunnelform, 1.5–3 mm, lobes 0.8–1 mm.

Phyllaries

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

8–10(–12), linear to broadly or narrowly lanceolate, 4.5–6 × 1–2 mm.

Heads

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

usually borne singly (often obscured by the dense leaves), 7–8(–10) × 3.5–7 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 oblanceolate, 1.8–2.2(–2.5) mm, margins notably calloused, glabrous;

pappi of 2–3(–5) ± flattened bristles 1.5–2.3 mm.

2n

= 65–72 or 100–116.

Perityle emoryi

Perityle bisetosa

Phenology Flowering year round (depending on latitude).
Habitat Coastal bluffs, desert plains, slopes, washes
Elevation 10–1500 m (0–4900 ft)
Distribution
from FNA
AZ; CA; NV; UT; Mexico; South America (Chile, Peru)
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from FNA
TX; Mexico
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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.)

Varieties 4 (3 in the flora).

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

Key
1. Petioles 0–2 mm (glabrate); leaf margins entire or subserrate
var. bisetosa
1. Petioles 2–7 mm (glabrous, minutely hairy, or scabrous-hispidulous); leaf margins usually serrate or lobed
→ 2
2. Leaves glabrous or minutely hairy
var. appressa
2. Leaves scabrous-hispidulous
var. scalaris
Source FNA vol. 21, p. 321. FNA vol. 21, p. 325.
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. ajoensis, P. ambrosiifolia, P. angustifolia, 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
Subordinate taxa
P. bisetosa var. appressa, P. bisetosa var. bisetosa, P. bisetosa var. scalaris
Synonyms Laphamia bisetosa
Name authority Torrey: in W. H. Emory, Not. Milit. Reconn., 142. (1848) (Torrey ex A. Gray) Shinners: SouthW. Naturalist 4: 204. (1959)
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