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Horkelia cuneata var. sericea
Photo is of parent taxon

coast horkelia, Kellogg's horkelia, wedgeleaf horkelia
Habit Plants grayish-sericeous; eglandular hairs dense, ascending to appressed, glandular hairs obscured.
Stems

decumbent to ascending, 2–5(–7.5) dm.
Leaflets

5–10 per side, obovate, (5–)10–25(–30) mm, not distinctly pinnately veined.
Inflorescences

usually ± congested;

most flowers arranged in glomerules.
Pedicels

1–3 mm, proximalmost to 12 mm.
Flowers

hypanthium interior rim densely pilose;

petals oblanceolate, 1.5–3 mm wide;

filaments 1–3 × 0.5–1 mm.
2n

= 28.

Horkelia cuneata var. sericea
Phenology Flowering summer.
Habitat Coastal stabilized dunes and hills, coastal scrub communities
Elevation 0–200 m (0–700 ft)
Distribution
from FNA
CA
[BONAP county map]
Discussion

Of conservation concern.

Historic populations of var. sericea occurred along the immediate coast from Alameda and Marin counties south at least to Santa Barbara County, with some littoral collections of Horkelia cuneata from Los Angeles and San Diego counties having some sericea characteristics. Reports from farther north are all based on misidentifications, for example, of H. californica in Sonoma County. The most distinctive specimens are from the northern populations in Alameda, Marin, San Francisco, and San Mateo counties, all of which apparently no longer exist. Of the recently confirmed extant populations, those that come closest to justifying continued recognition of var. sericea are in Monterey, San Luis Obispo, and Santa Cruz counties.

(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)
Source FNA vol. 9, p. 255.
Parent taxa Rosaceae > subfam. Rosoideae > tribe Potentilleae > Horkelia > sect. Horkelia > Horkelia cuneata
Sibling taxa
H. cuneata var. cuneata, H. cuneata var. puberula
Synonyms H. californica var. sericea, H. cuneata subsp. sericea, H. kelloggii, H. sericea, Potentilla kelloggii, P. lindleyi var. sericea
Name authority (A. Gray) Ertter & Reveal: Novon 17: 319. (2007)
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