Drymocallis lactea |
Drymocallis pseudorupestris |
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Nevada cinquefoil, Sierran woodbeauty |
cliff drymocallis, cliff woodbeauty, false rock loving cinquefoil, Rocky Mountain sticky cinquefoil |
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Caudex branches | short. |
elongate. |
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Stems | tufted, (0.3–)1.5–6(–6.5) dm; base 1–2.5 mm diam., not or sparsely, sometimes moderately, septate-glandular. |
openly tufted to loosely spaced, (0.3–)0.6–4 dm; base 1–3 mm diam., ± densely septate-glandular. |
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Leaves | usually sparsely to moderately hairy, sometimes glabrate; basal (2–)5–20(–30) cm, leaflet pairs (2–)3–4(–5); terminal leaflet broadly obovate to cuneate, 1–4 × 0.7–3.5 cm, teeth usually single, 4–10(–14) per side, apex usually rounded to obtuse, rarely acute; cauline 1–2, reduced, leaflet pairs 2–3. |
glabrate or sparsely to ± densely hairy; basal (2–)3–16 cm, leaflet pairs (2–)3–4(–5); terminal leaflet broadly obovate-cuneate to flabellate, 0.2–3(–4) × 0.5–3 cm, teeth single or double, 2–15 per side, apex usually rounded to truncate, sometimes obtuse; cauline 0–2, reduced, leaflet pairs 2–3. |
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Inflorescences | (2–)5–30(–50)-flowered, not leafy, open, (1/6–)1/5–1/2(–4/5) of stem, narrow to wide, branch angles 10–40(–50)°. |
2–40-flowered, not or ± leafy, open, 1/6–3/4(–4/5) of stem, ± wide, branch angles (10–)20–40(–50)°. |
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Pedicels | 2–10 (proximal to 30) mm, predominantly short-hairy, sometimes velutinous, not or sparsely, sometimes moderately, septate-glandular. |
3–20 (proximal to 40) mm, not or sparsely to moderately short-hairy, predominantly septate-glandular. |
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Flowers | opening widely; epicalyx bractlets linear-lanceolate to narrowly elliptic, 2–5 × 0.5–1.5 mm; sepals spreading, 3–8(–9) mm, apex usually acute, sometimes obtuse and apiculate; petals ± overlapping, spreading, cream-white to bright yellow, broadly obovate, (3–)4–8(–10) × 3–8 mm, usually longer than, rarely equal to, sepals; filaments 1–3(–3.5) mm, anthers 0.6–1 mm; styles thickened, 1 mm. |
opening widely; epicalyx bractlets linear to elliptic, 2–6 × 1–2 mm; sepals spreading, 4–7(–9) mm, apex acute to obtuse, apiculate; petals overlapping or not, spreading, cream-white to pale yellow (red-tinged in var. crumiana), narrowly to broadly obovate, 4–12 × 3–11 mm, longer than sepals; filaments 1–4 mm, anthers 0.7–1.2 mm; styles thickened, 1–1.5 mm. |
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Achenes | light brown, 1 mm. |
light brown, 1 mm. |
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Drymocallis lactea |
Drymocallis pseudorupestris |
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Distribution |
CA; NV; OR
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CA; ID; MT; NV; OR; UT; WA; WY; AB; BC
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Discussion | Varieties 2 (2 in the flora). Drymocallis lactea has had a well-established identity as Potentilla glandulosa var. (or subsp.) nevadensis; however, the epithet lactea has priority at species rank and avoids possible confusion with P. nevadensis Boissier. D. D. Keck (in J. Clausen et al. 1940) based his concept of P. glandulosa subsp. nevadensis on white-petaled plants with narrow inflorescences, the common form in the central Sierra Nevada and south. His map and annotations, however, include populations with yellow petals and widely branched inflorescences from northern California and adjacent Oregon. The two extremes merge in the northern Sierra Nevada, and populations in the North Coast Ranges of California also are problematic; the extremes are accordingly treated here as varieties of a single species. The inclusion by Keck of Washington in the species range might have been based on specimens here assigned to P. pseudorupestris. Drymocallis lactea can be distinguished from sympatric species by its relatively large, overlapping petals, non-leafy inflorescences, and singly toothed leaflets. Pedicels and distal stems are usually densely short-hairy with relatively few or no glandular hairs (in contrast to D. pseudorupestris), and septate glands are usually absent from stem bases (in contrast to D. hansenii). The distinction between D. lactea and D. pseudorupestris breaks down at the margin of the species range in Nevada and Oregon. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Varieties 3 (3 in the flora). Drymocallis pseudorupestris occurs from Alberta and Washington to California and Utah, mostly in montane habitats; it is the species most often associated with rocky habitats, including talus slopes, for which its relatively elongate caudex branches are an obvious adaptation. Vestiture is dominated by abundant septate glands on stems and in the inflorescences. Except for var. pseudorupestris, which occurs only in the northeastern part of the species range, plants are relatively short, usually less than 2.5 dm. Three intergrading varieties accommodate the extremes at the northeastern and southern ends of the range. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
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Source | FNA vol. 9, p. 287. | FNA vol. 9, p. 289. | ||||||||||||
Parent taxa | Rosaceae > subfam. Rosoideae > tribe Potentilleae > Drymocallis | Rosaceae > subfam. Rosoideae > tribe Potentilleae > Drymocallis | ||||||||||||
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Synonyms | Potentilla glandulosa var. lactea | Potentilla pseudorupestris, D. glandulosa subsp. pseudorupestris, P. glandulosa subsp. pseudorupestris, P. glandulosa var. pseudorupestris, P. rupestris var. americana | ||||||||||||
Name authority | (Greene) Rydberg: in N. L. Britton et al., N. Amer. Fl. 22: 369. (1908) | (Rydberg) Rydberg: Monogr. N. Amer. Potentilleae, 194. (1898) | ||||||||||||
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