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coast drymocallis, coast drymocallis or wood beauty, sticky cinquefoil

Stems

(1–)2–7 dm, base 2–5 mm diam.

Leaves

basal (5–)10–30 cm, leaflet pairs (2–)3–4;

terminal leaflet broadly obovate, (2–)3–7 × 2–5 cm, teeth double, 9–17 per side, apex usually rounded, rarely obtuse;

cauline well developed, leaflet pairs 2–4.

Inflorescences

(3–)5–30-flowered, ± to very leafy, wide, branch angles (15–)30–55°.

Pedicels

1–5 (proximal to 30) mm.

Flowers

epicalyx bractlets ± elliptic, (3–)4–7 × 1.5–2.5(–3) mm;

sepals spreading, 5–11 mm, apex round-obtuse, mucronate;

petals spreading, usually cream-white, sometimes pale yellow, broadly ovate or obovate, (4–)4.5–6.5 × 3–5.5 mm;

filaments 1–2 mm.

Achenes

1.2–1.5 mm.

2n

= 14.

Drymocallis glandulosa var. wrangelliana

Phenology Flowering Mar–Jun.
Habitat Openings, moist and/or ± shaded places in coastal scrub and woodlands
Elevation 0–1000 m (0–3300 ft)
Distribution
from FNA
CA; OR; WA; Mexico (Baja California)
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Discussion

Variety wrangelliana is provisionally resurrected for the coastal extreme with exceptionally leafy inflorescences and relatively large, most commonly cream-white petals.

(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. viscida
Synonyms Potentilla wrangelliana, D. albida, P. glandulosa var. wrangelliana
Name authority (Fischer & Avé-Lallemant) Ertter: J. Bot. Res. Inst. Texas 1: 43. (2007)
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