Perityle
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
| Perityle | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Emory's Rock Daisy, Perityle emoryi
|
||||||||||||||||
| Scientific classification | ||||||||||||||||
|
||||||||||||||||
| Species | ||||||||||||||||
|
c.75, see text. |
Perityle is a genus of flowering plants in the daisy family (Asteraceae). They are known generally as rock daisies. This is a variable genus, with its members sharing few characteristics. They include small herbs to spreading shrubs and most bear yellow or white daisylike flower heads. The fruit is generally a flat seed with thickened margins which may or may not have a pappus or scales. Plants of this genus are native to western North America.
[edit] Selected species
- Perityle aglossa – Bluff Rock Daisy
- Perityle ajoensis – Ajo Rock Daisy
- Perityle congesta – Grand Canyon Rock Daisy
- Perityle coronopifolia – Crowfoot Rock Daisy
- Perityle emoryi – Emory's Rock Daisy
- Perityle incana – Guadalupe Island Rock Daisy
- Perityle intricata – Delicate Rock Daisy, Narrow-leaved Laphamia
- Perityle inyoensis – Inyo Rock Daisy
- Perityle megalocephala – Nevada Rock Daisy
- Perityle microglossa – Short-rayed Rock Daisy, manzanilla bronca
- Perityle quinqueflora – Five-flowered Rock Daisy
- Perityle saxicola – Roosevelt Dam Rock Daisy
- Perityle socorrosensis
- Perityle specuicola – Alcove Rock Daisy
- Perityle villosa – Hanaupah Rock Daisy
[edit] External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to:
