FNA: Ivesia aperta var. canina

	Ivesia aperta var. canina
	Dog Valley ivesia, Sierra Valley mousetail
Stems	decumbent to ascending.
Flowers	(10–)20–120, fewer than 10 per glomerule, 8–12 mm diam.; hypanthium (3–)3.5–5 mm diam.; petals narrowly to broadly obovate, usually 4–7 mm, ± equal to sepals; filaments 2–4 mm; styles 3–4 mm.

	Ivesia aperta var. canina
Phenology	Flowering summer.
Habitat	Dry meadows, edges of seeps, slopes, and flats, on vernally saturated volcanic soil, in sagebrush and grass communities, conifer woodlands
Elevation	1600–2000 m (5200–6600 ft)
Distribution	CA; NV [BONAP county map]
Discussion	Of conservation concern. Variety canina is known only from the Dog Valley area, Sierra County, California, and adjacent Washoe County, Nevada. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)
Source	FNA vol. 9, p. 241.
Parent taxa	Rosaceae > subfam. Rosoideae > tribe Potentilleae > Ivesia > sect. Unguiculatae > Ivesia aperta
Sibling taxa	I. aperta var. aperta
Name authority	Ertter: Brittonia 40: 398, fig. 1. (1988)
Web links	Local floras: CA Local Web sites: CalFlora, CalPhotos WildflowerSearch iNaturalist (observations) USDA Plants Database LBJ Wildflower Center SEINet Plants of the World Online Encyclopedia of Life Wikipedia Google Image Search

Dog Valley ivesia, Sierra Valley mousetail

Stems

decumbent to ascending.

Flowers

(10–)20–120, fewer than 10 per glomerule, 8–12 mm diam.;

hypanthium (3–)3.5–5 mm diam.;

petals narrowly to broadly obovate, usually 4–7 mm, ± equal to sepals;

filaments 2–4 mm;

styles 3–4 mm.

Phenology

Flowering summer.

Habitat

Dry meadows, edges of seeps, slopes, and flats, on vernally saturated volcanic soil, in sagebrush and grass communities, conifer woodlands

Elevation

1600–2000 m (5200–6600 ft)

Distribution

CA; NV

Discussion

Of conservation concern.

Variety canina is known only from the Dog Valley area, Sierra County, California, and adjacent Washoe County, Nevada.

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

Source

Parent taxa

Sibling taxa

Name authority

Ertter: Brittonia 40: 398, fig. 1. (1988)

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