Perityle emoryi |
Perityle tenella |
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Emory's Rock daisy |
Dixie or Springdale Rock daisy, Springdale 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, (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 |
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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 |
AZ; CA; NV; UT; Mexico; South America (Chile, Peru)
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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 | ||
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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