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Drymocallis pseudorupestris

sticky cinquefoil

Habit Glandular perennial with a branched crown and rhizomes, the individual stems simple below the inflorescence, 1.5-4 dm. tall.
Leaves

Leaves alternate, pinnate;

leaflets 5-9, glandular-pubescent, oblong-obovate, the terminal leaflet wedge-shaped;

cauline leaves few, reduced upward.

Flowers

Inflorescence cymose, few-flowered, diffuse, leafy bracteate;

calyx rotate, 5-parted, the segments alternating with bracteoles, 4-8 mm. long;

petals yellow, broadly ovate, about equal to the sepals, ascending;

stamens usually 25;

pistils numerous;

style thickened above the base and tapered to each end, exceeding the ovary to which it is attached well below the middle.

Fruits

Achenes about 1 mm. long.

Drymocallis pseudorupestris

Drymocallis glandulosa

Flowering time May-July June-August
Habitat Ledges, rocky slopes, grasslands, and shorelines. Open, mesic areas from coastal meadows to forest openings, to the subalpine.
Distribution
Occurring chiefly east of the Cascades crest in Washington; southern British Columbia to California, east to Alberta, Idaho, Montana, and Wyoming.
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Widely distributed on both sides of the Cascades crest in Washington; British Columbia to California, east to Montana, Idaho, Utah, and Arizona.
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Origin Native Native
Conservation status Not of concern Not of concern
Sibling taxa
D. arguta, D. glandulosa
D. arguta
Subordinate taxa
D. glandulosa ssp. glabrata, D. glandulosa ssp. glandulosa, D. glandulosa ssp. pseudorupestris
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