Perityle emoryi

Emory's rock daisy

Family: Asteraceae · Type: perennial · Native

Emory's rock daisy is a California native perennial found in southern California coastal areas, Channel Islands, Peninsular Ranges, and desert regions in coastal scrub, pinyon/juniper woodland, and creosote-bush scrub at elevations below 1,300 meters. Flowering from January to June and October to November, this plant produces white ray flowers with yellow disk centers in small daisy-like heads. Growing with stems 2 to 60 centimeters tall that are puberulent and glandular, it can be simple or much-branched. Its alternate leaves are 2 to 10 centimeters long, varying from ovate to round or triangular, with coarsely toothed or palmately lobed edges that are often again toothed or subdivided. The fruit is 2 to 3 millimeters long with thin, ciliate margins.

Habitat: Decomposed soils or rocky substrates in coastal scrub, pinyon/juniper woodland, and creosote-bush scrub

Bloom period: Jan-Jun, Oct--Nov

Elevation: < 1300 m

Bioregions: SCo (uncommon), ChI, PR (uncommon), D

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