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Emory's Rock daisy

Dixie or Springdale Rock daisy, Springdale 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, (5–)15–30(–35) cm (stems erect to pendulous often densely leafy); usually 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 2–8 mm;

blades usually broadly deltate-ovate, sometimes subovate or subcordate, 5–18(–25) × 4–18(–20) mm, (bases truncate) margins usually ± serrate, rarely laciniate.

Peduncles

1–70 mm.

4–25 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.

23–35(–48);

corollas yellow, tubes (1–)1.2–1.6 mm, throats tubular to narrowly funnelform, 1.2–1.6(–2.2) mm, lobes 0.3–0.7 mm.

Phyllaries

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

13–20, linear to narrowly or broadly lanceolate, 4–5(–6) × 0.8–1.3 mm.

Heads

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

borne singly or (2–10) in corymbiform arrays, 6–7 × 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.

narrowly oblanceolate, 2.5–3.3 mm, margins obviously calloused, minutely hairy;

pappi 0 or of 1(–3) moderately stout bristles 2–2.8(–4.1) mm plus callous crowns.

2n

= 65–72 or 100–116.

= 32.

Perityle emoryi

Perityle tenella

Phenology Flowering year round (depending on latitude). Flowering spring–fall.
Habitat Coastal bluffs, desert plains, slopes, washes Rocky slopes or crevices in limestone or sandstone rock faces
Elevation 10–1500 m (0–4900 ft) 600–2700 m (2000–8900 ft)
Distribution
from FNA
AZ; CA; NV; UT; Mexico; South America (Chile, Peru)
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from FNA
AZ; NV; UT
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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.

Similarities of Perityle tenella to P. congesta are discussed under the latter. Perityle tenella occurs in northwestern Arizona, southeastern Nevada, and southwestern Utah.

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

Source FNA vol. 21, p. 321. FNA vol. 21, p. 329.
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. 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. vaseyi, P. villosa, P. vitreomontana, P. warnockii
Synonyms Laphamia palmeri var. tenella, Laphamia palmeri
Name authority Torrey: in W. H. Emory, Not. Milit. Reconn., 142. (1848) (M. E. Jones) J. F. Macbride: Contr. Gray Herb. 56: 39. (1918)
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