Drymocallis pseudorupestris |
Drymocallis pseudorupestris var. pseudorupestris |
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cliff drymocallis, cliff woodbeauty, false rock loving cinquefoil, Rocky Mountain sticky cinquefoil |
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Caudex branches | elongate. |
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Stems | openly tufted to loosely spaced, (0.3–)0.6–4 dm; base 1–3 mm diam., ± densely septate-glandular. |
(1–)2–4 dm, base (1.5–)2–3 mm diam., short hairs usually absent or sparse, sometimes moderately abundant. |
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Leaves | 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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Basal leaves | (4–)7–16 cm, sparsely to moderately hairy (hairs to 1 mm), peglike-glandular, not bristly; leaflet pairs (2–)3(–4); terminal leaflet broadly obovate, (1–)2–3(–4) × 1.5–3 cm, teeth usually double, (5–)8–15 per side. |
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Inflorescences | 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 | 3–20 (proximal to 40) mm, not or sparsely to moderately short-hairy, predominantly septate-glandular. |
5–20 (proximal to 40) mm, not bristly, short hairs sparse to moderately abundant. |
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Flowers | 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. |
(5–)10–40; hypanthia and sepals not bristly; epicalyx bractlets linear to elliptic, 3–6 × 1–2 mm; sepals 5–7(–9) mm; petals widely overlapping, not red-tinged, broadly obovate, 6–12 × 5–11 mm; filaments 2–4 mm; styles light reddish brown. |
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Achenes | light brown, 1 mm. |
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Drymocallis pseudorupestris |
Drymocallis pseudorupestris var. pseudorupestris |
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Phenology | Flowering May–Aug. | |||||||||
Habitat | Rocky areas, exposed slopes, grasslands on bluffs | |||||||||
Elevation | 1000–2900 m (3300–9500 ft) | |||||||||
Distribution |
CA; ID; MT; NV; OR; UT; WA; WY; AB; BC
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ID; MT; WY; AB |
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Discussion | 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.) |
Variety pseudorupestris is the tall, large-flowered extreme centered in the northern Rocky Mountains in Montana, extending into Alberta and to the Wind River Range in Wyoming. Some collections from northern Idaho are also tentatively included here. Unlike the other varieties, var. pseudorupestris occurs in grasslands as well as in more rocky habitats. It may intergrade with Drymocallis fissa, though petal color and leaflet number are usually distinct. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
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Source | FNA vol. 9, p. 289. | FNA vol. 9, p. 289. | ||||||||
Parent taxa | Rosaceae > subfam. Rosoideae > tribe Potentilleae > Drymocallis | Rosaceae > subfam. Rosoideae > tribe Potentilleae > Drymocallis > Drymocallis pseudorupestris | ||||||||
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Synonyms | Potentilla pseudorupestris, D. glandulosa subsp. pseudorupestris, P. glandulosa subsp. pseudorupestris, P. glandulosa var. pseudorupestris, P. rupestris var. americana | |||||||||
Name authority | (Rydberg) Rydberg: Monogr. N. Amer. Potentilleae, 194. (1898) | unknown | ||||||||
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