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Potentilla saxosa

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Potentilla saxosa
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Rosales
Family: Rosaceae
Genus: Potentilla
Species:
P. saxosa
Binomial name
Potentilla saxosa
Lemmon & S.A.Lemmon ex Greene)
Synonyms
  • Horkelia saxosa (Lemmon & S.A.Lemmon ex Greene) Rydb.
  • Ivesia saxosa (Lemmon & S.A.Lemmon ex Greene) Ertter
  • Potentilla acuminata H.M.Hall
  • Potentilla saxosa subsp. sierrae Munz

Potentilla saxosa, commonly known as rock mousetail and rock ivesia, is a species of flowering plant in the rose family.[1] It is native to the mountains and deserts of central and southern California and northern Baja California, where it grows in cracks and crevices in rock faces and slopes.

Description

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Potentilla saxosa is a clumpy perennial herb with hanging leaves and stems. Each leaf is a flat strip or cluster of rounded, lobed leaflets. The green to reddish stem is up to 30 centimeters long and bears an inflorescence of clustered flowers. Each flower is almost a centimeter wide and has hairy pointed sepals and smaller rounded to spoon-shaped yellow petals. In the center of the flower are up to 40 stamens and many pistils. The fruit is a tiny pale achene.

References

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  1. ^ "Potentilla saxosa Lemmon & S.A.Lemmon ex Greene | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 2024-06-13.
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