Perityle emoryi |
Perityle huecoensis |
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Emory's Rock daisy |
Hueco 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, 10–20 cm; densely short-hairy. |
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 10–80 mm; blades broadly ovate, ovate-deltate, or ovate-rhombic, 5–12(–15) × 4–10(–15) mm, margins entire or serrate-lobed. |
Peduncles | 1–70 mm. |
5–15 mm. |
Involucres | campanulate to hemispheric. |
funnelform. |
Ray florets | usually 8–14, rarely rudimentary or 0; corollas white, laminae oblong, 1–4(–6) × 1–3 mm. |
3–5; corollas yellow, laminae oblong, 2.5–3 × 1.5–2 mm. |
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. |
11–13; corollas yellow, tubes 1.3–1.5 mm, throats broadly campanulate-funnelform, 0.8–1.2 mm, lobes 0.5–0.7 mm. |
Phyllaries | 10–20, lanceolate or oblanceolate to ovate-lanceolate, 4–6 × 1–2 mm. |
8–10, lanceolate to oblanceolate, 3–4.5 × 0.6–1.2 mm. |
Heads | borne singly or in corymbiform arrays, 4–10 × 4–10 mm. |
borne singly or in corymbiform arrays, 5.5–6 × 4–6 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. |
linear-lanceolate, 2.2–3.2 mm, margins usually thin-calloused, short-hairy; pappi usually of 1–3, antrorsely barbellate bristles 1–2.5 mm plus 0–4 shorter bristles, sometimes plus hyaline, laciniate scales. |
2n | = 65–72 or 100–116. |
= 34. |
Perityle emoryi |
Perityle huecoensis |
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Phenology | Flowering year round (depending on latitude). | Flowering spring–fall. |
Habitat | Coastal bluffs, desert plains, slopes, washes | Limestone cliffs |
Elevation | 10–1500 m (0–4900 ft) | 1400–1500 m (4600–4900 ft) |
Distribution |
AZ; CA; NV; UT; Mexico; South America (Chile, Peru)
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TX; Mexico (Chihuahua) |
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 huecoensis is found in the United States only in the Hueco Mountains of El Paso County, generally growing on north or northeast facing slopes. Plants in the nearby Sierra Juarez in Mexico tend to lack bristles in pappi on the disc florets and to be taller with larger leaves compared to plants in the United States populations. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Source | FNA vol. 21, p. 321. | FNA vol. 21, p. 333. |
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) | A. M. Powell: Madroño 30: 219, fig. 2. (1983) |
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