Perityle emoryi |
Perityle bisetosa |
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Emory's Rock daisy |
two-bristle 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, 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. |
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Peduncles | 1–70 mm. |
0–3 mm. |
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Involucres | campanulate to hemispheric. |
narrowly campanulate. |
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Ray florets | usually 8–14, rarely rudimentary or 0; corollas white, laminae oblong, 1–4(–6) × 1–3 mm. |
0. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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2n | = 65–72 or 100–116. |
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Perityle emoryi |
Perityle bisetosa |
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Phenology | Flowering year round (depending on latitude). | |||||||||
Habitat | Coastal bluffs, desert plains, slopes, washes | |||||||||
Elevation | 10–1500 m (0–4900 ft) | |||||||||
Distribution |
AZ; CA; NV; UT; Mexico; South America (Chile, Peru)
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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.) |
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Key |
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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 | ||||||||
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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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