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bighead rockdaisy, large head rock daisy, limestone rockdaisy, Nevada Rock daisy

bluff rock daisy, rayless rock daisy

Habit Perennials or subshrubs, 15–55 cm (often dense, profusely branched clumps, sparsely leafy); densely hirtellous. Perennials or subshrubs, 15–45 cm (in rock crevices); glandular-pubescent.
Leaves

petioles 1–6 mm;

blades usually elliptic, lanceolate, lance-ovate, ovate, or suborbiculate, sometimes linear, 4–8(–15) × 1–10(–12) mm, margins entire, irregularly and sparsely serrate, or serrate-lobed.

petioles 8–23 mm;

blades ovate, subcordate, or subdeltate, 6–20 × 5–25 mm, margins irregularly lobed, laciniate, serrate-dentate, or shallowly 3-lobed.

Peduncles

10–45(–80) mm.

10–25 mm.

Involucres

campanulate.

campanulate.

Ray florets

0.

0.

Disc florets

45–60;

corollas yellow, tubes 1–1.6 mm, throats tubular to subfunnelform, 1.6–2.2 mm, lobes 0.4–0.7 mm.

20–60;

corollas yellow, often pink or purple tinged, tubes 1–1.7 mm, throats tubular, 2.1–3.2 mm, lobes 0.4–0.6 mm.

Phyllaries

14–20, lanceolate to suboblanceolate, 5–6 × 1.3–1.9 mm.

14–24, linear to linear-lanceolate, (5–)6–10 × 0.5–1 mm, apices long-attenuate.

Heads

borne singly or (2–3) in loose, corymbiform arrays, 6–9(–10) × 5–6(–8) mm.

borne singly or (2–3) in corymbiform arrays, 8–11 × 4–8 mm.

Cypselae

narrowly oblanceolate to suboblanceolate, 2.5–3 mm, margins thin-calloused, short-hairy;

pappi 0, or of single bristles.

oblong to narrowly oblanceolate, (1–)2–3.2 mm, margins prominently calloused, densely ciliate;

pappi of 1(–2) antrorsely barbellate bristles 3.5–6 mm plus crowns of hyaline, laciniate scales.

2n

= 34.

Perityle megalocephala

Perityle aglossa

Phenology Flowering spring–fall.
Habitat Limestone rock crevices
Elevation 600–1300 m (2000–4300 ft)
Distribution
from FNA
CA; NV
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from FNA
TX; Mexico (Coahuila)
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Discussion

Varieties 2 (2 in the flora).

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

Perityle aglossa is consistently discoid and occurs in limestone crevices along and near the Rio Grande in Brewster and Terrell counties. A combination of subtle characteristics including shallower leaf lobing, narrower shape and more attenuate apices of the phyllaries, shorter cypselae, and proportionally longer pappus bristles distinguish these plants from the rayless ones of P. parryi.

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

Key
1. Leaf blades ovate, lanceolate-ovate or elliptic to suborbiculate
var. megalocephala
1. Leaf blades linear to lanceolate
var. oligophylla
Source FNA vol. 21, p. 326. FNA vol. 21, p. 323.
Parent taxa Asteraceae > tribe Heliantheae > subtribe Peritylinae > Perityle > sect. Laphamia Asteraceae > tribe Heliantheae > subtribe Peritylinae > Perityle > sect. Perityle
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. emoryi, P. fosteri, P. gilensis, P. gracilis, P. huecoensis, P. intricata, P. inyoensis, P. lemmonii, P. lindheimeri, 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. 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. tenella, P. vaseyi, P. villosa, P. vitreomontana, P. warnockii
Subordinate taxa
P. megalocephala var. megalocephala, P. megalocephala var. oligophylla
Synonyms Laphamia megalocephala Laphamia aglossa
Name authority (S. Watson) J. F. Macbride: Contr. Gray Herb. 56: 39. (1918) A. Gray: Smithsonian Contr. Knowl. 5(6): 107. (1853)
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