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Emory's Rock daisy

Hueco 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, 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

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
from FNA
AZ; CA; NV; UT; Mexico; South America (Chile, Peru)
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from FNA
TX; Mexico (Chihuahua)
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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 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
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. bisetosa, P. cernua, P. ciliata, P. cinerea, P. cochisensis, P. congesta, P. coronopifolia, P. dissecta, P. emoryi, P. fosteri, P. gilensis, P. gracilis, 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) A. M. Powell: Madroño 30: 219, fig. 2. (1983)
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