Perityle
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| Perityle | |
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| Emory's Rock Daisy, Perityle emoryi | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | Asterids |
| Order: | Asterales |
| Family: | Asteraceae |
| Subfamily: | Asteroideae |
| Tribe: | Perityleae |
| Genus: | Perityle Benth. |
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c.75, see text. | |
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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.
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 reinana
- Perityle saxicola – Roosevelt Dam Rock Daisy
- Perityle socorrosensis
- Perityle specuicola – Alcove Rock Daisy
- Perityle villosa – Hanaupah Rock Daisy
References
- ↑ Mabberley, D.J. 1997. The plant book: A portable dictionary of the vascular plants. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge.
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