Species Information

Kingdom: Plantae
  Phylum: Anthophyta
    Class: Dicotyledoneae
      Order: Asterales
        Family: Asteraceae
          Genus: Laphamia
            Species: staurophylla var. staurophylla

New Mexico Rock Daisy - Laphamia staurophylla var. staurophylla

New Mexico Rock Daisy

Image courtesy of New Mexico Rare Plants

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Species Extent (New Mexico)

General Description

Perennial herb from a woody base; stems single to many, 15-40 cm tall; leaves usually alternate, 1.7-3.8 cm long, 1.0-2.5 cm wide, mostly deeply and narrowly three-lobed, somewhat cruciform; flower heads terminal, solitary or in small clusters, somewhat bell-shaped, involucral bracts lance-shaped, about 4-5 mm long; ray flowers 4-8, yellow, to 6 mm long; disk flowers 30-40, yellow, about 3 mm long; achenes dark brown to black, usually bearing two stout awns at the summit. Flowers June to September.

Status

Global Rank: G4T3T4

State Rank: S3

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BLM Status: BLM WATCH

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NMRP Strategy Status: Strategy Species

Observations in Natural Heritage New Mexico Database

Number of Subpopulations: 24

Number of Mapped Locations: 41

Number of Observations: 47

Observation date range: 05-06-1955 to 05-30-2014

External Links

View More Information about this species at:
  NatureServe Explorer
  New Mexico Rare Plants Website
  Environmental Conservation Online System (ECOS)

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