Perityle emoryi |
Perityle intricata |
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Emory's Rock daisy |
desert rock daisy, narrowleaf laphamia |
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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, 13–35(–40) cm; hirtellous. |
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 usually 0 mm; blades linear, 3–8(–15) × 0.2–1 mm; margins usually entire, rarely 1–3-lobed. |
Peduncles | 1–70 mm. |
1–10 mm. |
Involucres | campanulate to hemispheric. |
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. |
24–36; corollas yellow, tubes 0.5–1 mm, throats tubular, 1–1.2, lobes 0.4–0.6 mm. |
Phyllaries | 10–20, lanceolate or oblanceolate to ovate-lanceolate, 4–6 × 1–2 mm. |
3–4, linear or lanceolate to oblanceolate, 5(–5) × 0.5–1.2 mm. |
Heads | borne singly or in corymbiform arrays, 4–10 × 4–10 mm. |
(2–6) in tight, corymbiform arrays, 4–6.5 × 3.5–5.5 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. |
oblanceolate, (1.5–)2.2–2.8 mm; margins moderately calloused, moderately to densely coarse-ciliate; pappi usually 0, sometimes of 1–2 bristles 1–2 mm, usually plus crowns of cilialike scales, rarely callous crowns. |
2n | = 65–72 or 100–116. |
= 38 ± 2. |
Perityle emoryi |
Perityle intricata |
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Phenology | Flowering year round (depending on latitude). | Flowering spring–fall (depending on rains). |
Habitat | Coastal bluffs, desert plains, slopes, washes | Limestone crevices, dry mountain slopes and canyons |
Elevation | 10–1500 m (0–4900 ft) | 800–1700 m (2600–5600 ft) |
Distribution |
AZ; CA; NV; UT; Mexico; South America (Chile, Peru)
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CA; NV |
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.) |
Perityle intricata has been treated as a subspecies or variety of P. megalocephala. Now that more collections are available for study, it is evident that this taxon should be treated as a species. The linear leaves, tightly aggregated heads on relatively short peduncles, and densely coarse-ciliate cypsela margins separate it from P. megalocephala with its broader leaves, loosely aggregated heads on longer peduncles, and short-hairy cypsela margins. Where the two distributions overlap (southern Nye County), they are reported to appear distinct in the field, with P. intricata occurring at lower elevations than P. megalocephala. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Source | FNA vol. 21, p. 321. | FNA vol. 21, p. 327. |
Parent taxa | Asteraceae > tribe Heliantheae > subtribe Peritylinae > Perityle > sect. Perityle | Asteraceae > tribe Heliantheae > subtribe Peritylinae > Perityle > sect. Laphamia |
Sibling taxa | ||
Synonyms | Laphamia intricata, Laphamia megalocephala subsp. intricata, P. megalocephala var. intricata | |
Name authority | Torrey: in W. H. Emory, Not. Milit. Reconn., 142. (1848) | (Brandegee) Shinners: SouthW. Naturalist 4: 204. (1959) |
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