Flora of North America species comparison

The green links below add additional plants to the comparison table. Blue links lead to other Web sites.
enable glossary links

Perityle microglossa

Perityle angustifolia

short-Ray Rock daisy

narrow-leaf rock daisy
Habit Perennials or subshrubs, 8–35(–70) cm (stems densely leafy); glabrate or puberulent.
Leaves

petioles 0–12 mm;

blades usually lanceolate, linear, or oblanceolate, rarely ovate, usually 3- or 5-lobed (lobes acute or attenuate; bases cuneate), (5–)15–30 × 2–15 mm, ultimate margins entire, subentire, or laciniate.
Peduncles

6–50 mm.
Involucres

narrowly campanulate to campanulate.
Ray florets

0.
Disc florets

20–33(–50);

corollas yellow, tubes 1–1.5 mm, throats narrowly campanulate, 1–1.5 mm, lobes 0.5–1 mm.
Phyllaries

12–15, narrowly to broadly lanceolate, 4–5 × 1–2 mm.
Heads

borne singly or in loose, corymbiform arrays, 5.5–7(–9) × 3.5–5.5(–6) mm.
Cypselae

narrowly oblanceolate to linear-oblong, 2–3 mm, margins thin-calloused, puberulent;

pappi usually 0, sometimes 1–2 bristles 1.5–2 mm.
2n

= 34, ca. 136.

Perityle microglossa

Perityle angustifolia
Phenology Flowering spring–fall.
Habitat Limestone crevices
Elevation 300–1300 m (1000–4300 ft)
Distribution
from FNA
AZ; TX; Mexico
[WildflowerSearch map]
[BONAP county map]
from FNA
TX
[BONAP county map]
Discussion

Varieties 2 (1 in the flora).

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

Perityle angustifolia occurs in crevices of Cretaceous limestone in west Texas near the Rio Grande and along the eroded, western edge of the Edwards Plateau.

(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)
Source FNA vol. 21, p. 321. FNA vol. 21, p. 332.
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. emoryi, P. fosteri, P. gilensis, P. gracilis, P. huecoensis, P. intricata, P. inyoensis, P. lemmonii, P. lindheimeri, P. megalocephala, 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. 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. microglossa var. microglossa
Synonyms Laphamia angustifolia, Laphamia angustifolia subsp. laciniata
Name authority Bentham: Bot. Voy. Sulphur, 119. (1844) (A. Gray) Shinners: SouthW. Naturalist 4: 204. (1959)
Web links 
Unless otherwise noted, all data comes from the online version of the Flora of North America, who have made most of their content available via a Creative Commons license (CC BY 4.0).



Type/paste one or more Latin names into the boxes above; matching taxa will show up below the box as you type. You can use the up/down arrow keys to move through the list.

(If the plant you're looking for doesn't show up in the auto-complete list, that means it either isn't described in Flora of North America yet, or it's listed under a synonym. And please note that Flora of North America is still missing several plant families, including Fabaceae, Apiaceae, Boraginaceae, and Polemoniaceae.)

Choose a data source: Flora of North America

The species comparison tool is brought to you by:
Northwest Wildflowers