Perityle megalocephala |
Perityle emoryi |
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bighead rockdaisy, large head rock daisy, limestone rockdaisy, Nevada Rock daisy |
Emory's Rock daisy |
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Habit | Perennials or subshrubs, 15–55 cm (often dense, profusely branched clumps, sparsely leafy); densely hirtellous. | Annuals (sometimes persisting), 2–60 cm (delicate or robust, stems relatively few to many, erect or spreading); puberulent to hirsute, 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 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. |
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Peduncles | 10–45(–80) mm. |
1–70 mm. |
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Involucres | campanulate. |
campanulate to hemispheric. |
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Ray florets | 0. |
usually 8–14, rarely rudimentary or 0; corollas white, laminae oblong, 1–4(–6) × 1–3 mm. |
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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. |
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. |
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Phyllaries | 14–20, lanceolate to suboblanceolate, 5–6 × 1.3–1.9 mm. |
10–20, lanceolate or oblanceolate to ovate-lanceolate, 4–6 × 1–2 mm. |
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Heads | borne singly or (2–3) in loose, corymbiform arrays, 6–9(–10) × 5–6(–8) mm. |
borne singly or in corymbiform arrays, 4–10 × 4–10 mm. |
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Cypselae | narrowly oblanceolate to suboblanceolate, 2.5–3 mm, margins thin-calloused, short-hairy; pappi 0, or of single bristles. |
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. |
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2n | = 65–72 or 100–116. |
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Perityle megalocephala |
Perityle emoryi |
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Phenology | Flowering year round (depending on latitude). | |||||
Habitat | Coastal bluffs, desert plains, slopes, washes | |||||
Elevation | 10–1500 m (0–4900 ft) | |||||
Distribution |
CA; NV
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AZ; CA; NV; UT; Mexico; South America (Chile, Peru)
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Discussion | Varieties 2 (2 in the flora). (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
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.) |
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Key |
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Source | FNA vol. 21, p. 326. | FNA vol. 21, p. 321. | ||||
Parent taxa | Asteraceae > tribe Heliantheae > subtribe Peritylinae > Perityle > sect. Laphamia | Asteraceae > tribe Heliantheae > subtribe Peritylinae > Perityle > sect. Perityle | ||||
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Synonyms | Laphamia megalocephala | |||||
Name authority | (S. Watson) J. F. Macbride: Contr. Gray Herb. 56: 39. (1918) | Torrey: in W. H. Emory, Not. Milit. Reconn., 142. (1848) | ||||
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