{{Short description|Species of flowering plant}} {{Speciesbox | image = Engelmannia peristenia flower1.jpg | image_caption = | status = {{TNCStatus}} | status_system = TNC | genus = Engelmannia | species = peristenia | authority = (Raf.) Goodman & C.A.Lawson 1992 | synonyms = *''Engelmannia texana'' <small>Scheele 1849</small> *''Silphium peristenium'' <small>Raf. 1832</small> | synonyms_ref = <ref>[http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl1.1/record/gcc-124389 The Plant List, ''Engelmannia peristenia'' (Raf.) Goodman & C.A.Lawson]</ref> }}

'''''Engelmannia peristenia''''', called '''Engelmann daisy '''or''' cutleaf daisy''', is a North American species of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae. It is native to the south-central United States, primarily from Texas, New Mexico, Oklahoma, and southeastern Colorado, but with more isolated populations in Arizona, Louisiana, Arkansas, Missouri, Nebraska, and South Dakota.<ref>[http://bonap.net/MapGallery/County/Engelmannia%20peristenia.png Biota of North America Program 2014 county distribution map]</ref>

''Engelmannia peristenia'' is a branching perennial herb up to 100&nbsp;cm (40 inches) tall. Leaves at the base can be up to 30&nbsp;cm (1 foot) long, with the leaves progressively getting smaller higher on the stem. The plant produces many small flower heads, each generally with 8 ray florets and 40-50 disc florets.<ref name=":0" /> Flowers bloom March to July.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center - The University of Texas at Austin|url=https://www.wildflower.org/plants/result.php?id_plant=enpe4|access-date=|website=www.wildflower.org}}</ref> Its habitats include grasslands, roadsides, and pinion-juniper woodlands.<ref name=":0">[http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=1&taxon_id=242416482 Flora of North America, Engelmann daisy, cutleaf daisy, ''Engelmannia peristenia'' (Rafinesque) Goodman & C. A. Lawson]</ref>

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==External links== *{{Commons category-inline|Engelmannia peristenia|''Engelmannia peristenia''}} *{{Wikispecies-inline|Engelmannia peristenia|''Engelmannia peristenia''}} *[http://www.tropicos.org/ImageFullView.aspx?imageid=89355 photo of herbarium specimen at Missouri Botanical Garden, collected in Missouri in 1892] *[http://www.tropicos.org/ImageFullView.aspx?imageid=83107 photo by Gerrit Davidse, showing habit of ''Engelmannia peristenia''] *[http://www.tropicos.org/ImageFullView.aspx?imageid=83113 photo by Gerrit Davidse, showing closeup of flower head of ''Engelmannia peristenia'']

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Category:Heliantheae Category:Flora of the United States Category:Plants described in 1832

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