Laphamia inyoensis
{{Short description|Species of flowering plant}}
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|image = Perityleinyoensis.jpg
| status = G2
| status_system = TNC
| status_ref = {{cite web | url=https://explorer.natureserve.org/Taxon/ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.142728 | title=NatureServe Explorer 2.0 }}
|genus = Laphamia
|species = inyoensis
|authority = Ferris (1958)
|synonyms = Perityle inyoensis {{small|(Ferris) A.M.Powell (1968)}}
|synonyms_ref = [https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:135407-2 Laphamia inyoensis Ferris]. Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 24 June 2024.
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Laphamia inyoensis (synonym Perityle inyoensis), known by the common names Inyo rockdaisy and Inyo laphamia, is a rare species of flowering plant in the aster family.[https://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/eflora/eflora_display.php?tid=30210 Jepson eFlora][http://efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=1&taxon_id=250067325 Flora of North America]
It is endemic to Inyo County in eastern California.
It is known from just 10 populations in the southern Inyo Mountains, at elevations of {{convert|1800|-|2710|m|ft}}.[http://www.rareplants.cnps.org/detail/1320.html California Native Plant Society, Inventory of Rare and Endangered Plants (online edition, v8-02): Perityle inyoensis] . accessed 20 February 2017. Its habitat is dry, rocky mountain slopes, often in limestone.
Description
Laphamia inyoensis is a subshrub made up of a cluster of several hairy slender stems up to about 25 centimeters long. The hairy, glandular leaves are one or two centimeters long, oval to triangular, pointed, and toothed on the edges. They may be arranged oppositely or alternately on the stems.
The inflorescence bears one to three flower heads each under a centimeter wide. The head has yellow disc florets and no ray florets. The fruit is a fuzzy achene about 3 millimeters long.
;Conservation
It is a California Native Plant Society listed Endangered species, and is threatened by proposed mining.
References
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External links
- [http://www.calflora.org/cgi-bin/species_query.cgi?where-taxon=Perityle+inyoensis Calflora Database: Perityle inyoensis (Inyo rock daisy)]
- [https://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/eflora/eflora_display.php?tid=30210 Jepson eFlora (TJM2) treatment of Laphamia inyoensis]
- [http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=PEIN8 USDA Plants Profile for Perityle inyoensis (Inyo rock daisy)]
- [http://calphotos.berkeley.edu/cgi-bin/img_query?where-taxon=Perityle+inyoensis UC CalPhotos gallery of Perityle inyoensis]
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Category:Endemic flora of California
Category:Flora of the California desert regions
Category:Natural history of Inyo County, California
Category:Plants described in 1958
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