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

two-bristle rock daisy

Habit Perennials or subshrubs, 15–55 cm (often dense, profusely branched clumps, sparsely leafy); densely hirtellous. Perennials or subshrubs, 2–12 cm; glabrate, glabrous, minutely hairy, or scabrous-hispidulous.
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 (0–)1–7 mm;

blades lanceolate, lance-ovate, ovate, or suborbiculate, 4–8 × 2–8 mm, margins entire, serrate, or shallow-lobed.

Peduncles

10–45(–80) mm.

0–3 mm.

Involucres

campanulate.

narrowly 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.

11–17;

corollas white, tubes 0.8–1 mm, throats tubular to subfunnelform, 1.5–3 mm, lobes 0.8–1 mm.

Phyllaries

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

8–10(–12), linear to broadly or narrowly lanceolate, 4.5–6 × 1–2 mm.

Heads

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

usually borne singly (often obscured by the dense leaves), 7–8(–10) × 3.5–7 mm.

Cypselae

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

pappi 0, or of single bristles.

oblong to oblanceolate, 1.8–2.2(–2.5) mm, margins notably calloused, glabrous;

pappi of 2–3(–5) ± flattened bristles 1.5–2.3 mm.

Perityle megalocephala

Perityle bisetosa

Distribution
from FNA
CA; NV
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from FNA
TX; Mexico
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Discussion

Varieties 2 (2 in the flora).

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

Varieties 4 (3 in the flora).

(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
1. Petioles 0–2 mm (glabrate); leaf margins entire or subserrate
var. bisetosa
1. Petioles 2–7 mm (glabrous, minutely hairy, or scabrous-hispidulous); leaf margins usually serrate or lobed
→ 2
2. Leaves glabrous or minutely hairy
var. appressa
2. Leaves scabrous-hispidulous
var. scalaris
Source FNA vol. 21, p. 326. FNA vol. 21, p. 325.
Parent taxa Asteraceae > tribe Heliantheae > subtribe Peritylinae > Perityle > sect. Laphamia 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. 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. aglossa, P. ajoensis, P. ambrosiifolia, P. angustifolia, 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
P. bisetosa var. appressa, P. bisetosa var. bisetosa, P. bisetosa var. scalaris
Synonyms Laphamia megalocephala Laphamia bisetosa
Name authority (S. Watson) J. F. Macbride: Contr. Gray Herb. 56: 39. (1918) (Torrey ex A. Gray) Shinners: SouthW. Naturalist 4: 204. (1959)
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