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Ramona horkelia

White Mountain horkelia, White Mountains. horkelia

Habit Plants tufted, green. Plants 0.7–3 dm diam.
Stems

erect, 2–6(–8) dm, hairs spreading.

ascending to erect, 1–2.5 dm.

Basal leaves

planar, 4–13 × 2–3.5(–4) cm;

stipules entire or basally lobed;

leaflets 1–3 per side, separate, oblong to obovate, 10–30 × 5–12(–15) mm, ± 1/2 as wide as long, divided 1/6–1/4 to midrib into (15–)20–30 acute to obtuse teeth, sparsely short-pilose to glabrate, especially adaxially.

3–10 × 0.4–0.8 cm;

leaflets (6–)10–14 per side, ± overlapping at least distally, cuneate to flabellate, 2.5–4(–6) mm, divided 3/4+ to midrib into 3–6 oblanceolate to obovate lobes, hispid.

Cauline leaves

4–7.

3–7.

Inflorescences

open, flowers arranged individually.

Pedicels

4–20(–30) mm.

2–8(–12) mm.

Flowers

12–17 mm diam.;

epicalyx bractlets broadly ovate, 3–4.5 × 2–3 mm, ± 2/3 length of sepals, entire;

hypanthium 1.5–2 × 5–8 mm, less than 1/2 as deep as wide, interior glabrous;

sepals ± reflexed, broadly ovate, 3.5–5.5 mm;

petals obovate to round, 5–7 × (3–)4–7 mm, apex ± rounded;

filaments 1–2 × 0.5–2 mm, anthers 0.8–1 mm;

carpels 50–80;

styles 1.5–3 mm.

3–15, 10 mm diam.;

epicalyx bractlets linear to lanceolate, 1.5–3 × 0.2–0.5 mm, ± 2/3 length of sepals;

hypanthium 1.8–3 × 3–4 mm, ± 1/2 as deep as wide, interior sparsely pilose;

sepals reflexed, broadly lanceolate, 2.5–4(–5) mm, hairs stiff, 0.5 mm;

petals not pink-tinged, oblanceolate to oblong or narrowly elliptic, 2.5–5 mm, apex rounded to truncate, sometimes slightly emarginate or mucronate;

filaments white, 0.5–2 × 0.4–0.6 mm, glabrous or sparsely pilose adaxially, anthers 0.5–0.9 mm;

carpels (10–)12–18(–20);

styles 1.8–2.2 mm.

Achenes

brown, 1.3–1.5 mm, smooth.

brown to dark brown, 1.5–2 mm.

Horkelia truncata

Horkelia hispidula

Phenology Flowering summer. Flowering summer.
Habitat Dry clay soil, in chaparral communities, oak woodlands Dry, rocky alpine flats, in subalpine conifer woodlands
Elevation 400–1300 m (1300–4300 ft) 3000–3400 m (9800–11200 ft)
Distribution
from FNA
CA; Mexico (Baja California)
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from FNA
CA; NV
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Discussion

Of conservation concern.

Horkelia truncata is confined to the Peninsular Ranges of San Diego County, California, and northern Baja California, Mexico. Plants of the species are unusual in Horkelia in that the terminal leaflet is usually notably larger than the lateral leaflets, unlobed, and distinct, rather than confluent with the distal lateral ones.

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

Of conservation concern.

When describing Horkelia hispidula, Rydberg associated it with H. sericata in his group Sericatae. The species is known only from the White Mountains of California and adjacent Nevada.

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

Source FNA vol. 9, p. 256. FNA vol. 9, p. 249.
Parent taxa Rosaceae > subfam. Rosoideae > tribe Potentilleae > Horkelia > sect. Horkelia 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. parryi, H. rydbergii, H. sericata, H. tenuiloba, H. tridentata, H. tularensis, H. wilderae, H. yadonii
H. bolanderi, H. californica, H. clevelandii, H. congesta, H. cuneata, H. daucifolia, H. fusca, H. hendersonii, H. howellii, H. marinensis, H. parryi, H. rydbergii, H. sericata, H. tenuiloba, H. tridentata, H. truncata, H. tularensis, H. wilderae, H. yadonii
Synonyms Potentilla truncata Potentilla hispidula
Name authority Rydberg: in N. L. Britton et al., N. Amer. Fl. 22: 274. (1908) Rydberg: in N. L. Britton et al., N. Amer. Fl. 22: 278. (1908)
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