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Drymocallis glandulosa var. viscida
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Parish's drymocallis or wood beauty, sticky cinquefoil
Stems

(1.5–)2–6.5 dm, base 1–4 mm diam.
Leaves

basal (3–)6–20 cm, leaflet pairs 2–3(–4), terminal leaflet obovate to rhombic-elliptic, (1–)2–4 × 1–2.5 cm, teeth single or double, 4–9 per side, apex rounded to obtuse;

cauline moderately developed, leaflet pairs 2–3.
Inflorescences

(2–)5–30-flowered, not leafy, narrow, branch angles 15–30(–40)°.
Pedicels

2–10 (proximal to 20) mm.
Flowers

epicalyx bractlets lanceolate-elliptic, (1.5–)2–3(–4.5) × 0.7–1.1(–1.5) mm;

sepals reflexed, 4–6(–8) mm, apex obtuse to acute;

petals reflexed, yellow, narrowly obovate-elliptic, 2–4(–5) × 1.5–2.5 mm;

filaments 0.5–1.5(–2) mm.
Achenes

0.9–1 mm.

Drymocallis glandulosa var. viscida
Phenology Flowering Jun–Aug.
Habitat Moist openings, montane forest
Elevation 1100–2500 m (3600–8200 ft)
Distribution
from FNA
CA
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Discussion

Variety viscida is provisionally resurrected to accommodate plants in the mountains of southern California that combine the flowers and vestiture of var. reflexa with the narrow inflorescences and frequently single-toothed leaflets of Drymocallis lactea var. lactea.

(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)
Source FNA vol. 9, p. 293.
Parent taxa Rosaceae > subfam. Rosoideae > tribe Potentilleae > Drymocallis > Drymocallis glandulosa
Sibling taxa
D. glandulosa var. glandulosa, D. glandulosa var. reflexa, D. glandulosa var. wrangelliana
Synonyms D. viscida
Name authority (Parish) Ertter: J. Bot. Res. Inst. Texas 1: 43. (2007)
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