Ivesia arizonica var. arizonica
Rosaceae subfam. rosoideae
Arizona whitefeather, yellow ivesia, yellow purpusia
alternate, rarely opposite, pinnately compound, sometimes simple or palmately compound;
stipules present, rarely absent.
1–20(–60)-flowered, 0.5–7 cm diam.
hypanthium campanulate, ± as deep as wide;
petals yellow;
anthers 0.6–1 mm.
torus usually enlarged, sometimes small or absent;
carpels 1–260(–450), distinct, free, styles distinct, rarely connate (Roseae);
ovules 1(or 2), collateral (Rubeae) or superposed (Fallugia, Filipendula).
achenes or aggregated achenes sometimes with fleshy, urn-shaped hypanthium or enlarged torus, sometimes aggregated drupelets;
styles persistent or deciduous, not elongate (elongate but not plumose in Geum).
= 7(8).
Ivesia arizonica var. arizonica
Rosaceae subfam. rosoideae
Of conservation concern.
Variety arizonica occurs as isolated populations from the Funeral and Grapevine mountains, Inyo County, California, to the Kolob Plateau of Washington County, Utah, and on the walls of the Grand Canyon and in the Oak Creek Canyon area of northern Arizona. Significant variation in vestiture, hypanthium depth, and other features occurs among these widely scattered population clusters. High-elevation plants (3100–3400 m) from the Troy Peak area of the Grant Range in northeastern Nye County, Nevada, are notably depauperate (0.2–0.5 dm) with leaflets 2–5 mm and petals 1.6–2.5 mm. All other populations occur below 2400 m.
(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)
Variation in the number of genera in subfam. Rosoideae is due to differences in generic delimitation between D. Potter et al. (2007) and the authors of some Potentilleae genera. Cyanogenic glycosides and sorbitol are absent in the subfamily.
Tribes 6, genera 28–35, species ca. 1600 (6 tribes, 26 genera, 302 species, including 1 hybrid, in the flora)
(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)
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