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Horkelia hendersonii

Henderson's horkelia

Habit Plants forming open mats. Plants 1.5–4 dm diam.
Stems

ascending to erect, 1–3(–3.5) dm.

ascending to erect, 0.8–2(–2.5) dm.

Basal leaves

4–10(–12) × 1–2 cm;

leaflets 3–6(or 7) per side, narrowly obovate, 5–12(–15) × 4–8(–10) mm, 1/2–3/4 as wide as long, divided ± 1/4 to midrib into 5–10 oblong to broadly obovate teeth, sparsely pilose especially on midveins and margins.

3–8 × 0.7–1.5 cm;

leaflets (5 or)6–12 per side, overlapping at least distally, cuneate to flabellate, 4–9(–10) mm, divided 1/2+ to midrib into 3–6 oblanceolate to obovate lobes (often medially notched more than 3/4 to midrib as well), silky villous.

Cauline leaves

1–4.

2–3.

Pedicels

(3–)5–15 mm.

2–8(–10) mm.

Flowers

15 mm diam.;

epicalyx bractlets linear-lanceolate to narrowly elliptic, 2–5 × 0.5–1.5 mm, ± 2/3 length of sepals;

hypanthium 0.6–1 × 2.5–4 mm, less than 1/3 as deep as wide;

sepals ± spreading to reflexed, lanceolate to narrowly elliptic, 3.5–6 mm;

petals elliptic to obovate, 4–7 × 3 mm, apex obtuse to rounded to truncate or slightly emarginate;

filaments 1–3 × 0.6–1.3 mm, anthers 0.6–1 mm;

carpels (17–)20–50;

styles 1.5–2.5 mm.

(2–)4–15(–20), 10 mm diam.;

epicalyx bractlets linear, 2.5–4.5 × 0.2–0.5 mm, 2/3 to nearly equal to length of sepals;

hypanthium 1–2.5 × (2–)3–4(–5) mm, ± 1/2 as deep as wide, interior densely villous;

sepals spreading, narrowly lanceolate, 3.5–6 mm, silky hairs silky, 1–1.5 mm;

petals often pink-tinged, linear to narrowly oblanceolate, 2.5–5 × 1 mm, apex ± acute to narrowly rounded, sometimes slightly mucronate;

filaments pinkish, 2 × 0.5–0.7 mm, glabrous or sparsely pilose adaxially, anthers 0.5–0.7 mm;

carpels 8–17;

styles (1.5–)2–3 mm.

Achenes

grayish, 1.3–1.5 mm, finely reticulate.

dark brown, 2 mm.

2n

= 28.

Horkelia parryi

Horkelia hendersonii

Phenology Flowering late spring–early summer. Flowering summer.
Habitat Chaparral, pine-oak woodlands, primarily on Ione Formation, rarely on schist or limestone Dry, metamorphosed granite and ultramafic talus slopes, in montane conifer woodlands
Elevation 80–900 m (300–3000 ft) 2000–2300 m (6600–7500 ft)
Distribution
from FNA
CA
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CA; OR
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Discussion

Of conservation concern.

Horkelia parryi is known from the foothills of the western Sierra Nevada in Amador, Calaveras, and El Dorado counties, and is disjunct in Mariposa County.

(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)

Of conservation concern.

Horkelia hendersonii is one of the more attractive species of the genus, with its grayish mats and dusky pink inflorescences. P. A. Rydberg (1898) placed it initially in his group Capitatae, here restricted to H. fusca, and later (1908c) transferred it to his new group Tenuilobae, which otherwise comprised only H. tenuiloba. The species is known only from Jackson County, Oregon, and an isolated population in adjacent Siskiyou County, California. The populations are vulnerable due to their proximity to popular recreational sites.

(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)

Source FNA vol. 9, p. 258. FNA vol. 9, p. 249.
Parent taxa Rosaceae > subfam. Rosoideae > tribe Potentilleae > Horkelia > sect. Parryae Rosaceae > subfam. Rosoideae > tribe Potentilleae > Horkelia > sect. Hispidulae
Sibling taxa
H. bolanderi, H. californica, H. clevelandii, H. congesta, H. cuneata, H. daucifolia, H. fusca, H. hendersonii, H. hispidula, H. howellii, H. marinensis, H. rydbergii, H. sericata, H. tenuiloba, H. tridentata, H. truncata, H. tularensis, H. wilderae, H. yadonii
H. bolanderi, H. californica, H. clevelandii, H. congesta, H. cuneata, H. daucifolia, H. fusca, H. hispidula, H. howellii, H. marinensis, H. parryi, H. rydbergii, H. sericata, H. tenuiloba, H. tridentata, H. truncata, H. tularensis, H. wilderae, H. yadonii
Synonyms Potentilla parryi Potentilla hendersonii
Name authority Greene: Bull. Calif. Acad. Sci. 2: 416. (1887) Howell: Fl. N.W. Amer., 180. (1898)
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