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Ivesia arizonica var. saxosa

Ivesia arizonica var. arizonica
Photo is of parent taxon

rock purpusia, rock whitefeather
Photo is of parent taxon

Arizona whitefeather, yellow ivesia, yellow purpusia
Inflorescences

(1–)5–30(–150)-flowered, (0.5–)2–14 cm diam.

1–20(–60)-flowered, 0.5–7 cm diam.
Flowers

hypanthium turbinate, ± 2 times as deep as wide;

petals white;

anthers 1–1.5 mm.

hypanthium campanulate, ± as deep as wide;

petals yellow;

anthers 0.6–1 mm.

Ivesia arizonica var. saxosa

Ivesia arizonica var. arizonica
Phenology Flowering summer. Flowering summer.
Habitat Dry, rocky outcrops of mainly volcanic origin, usually in crevices of more or less vertical protected cliffs or boulders, in sagebrush communities, pinyon-juniper woodlands Dry, rocky outcrops of calcareous or volcanic origin, usually in crevices of more or less vertical protected cliffs or large boulders, in sagebrush communities, conifer woodlands
Elevation 1500–2100 m (4900–6900 ft) 1200–2400(–3400) m (3900–7900(–11200) ft)
Distribution
from FNA
NV
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from FNA
AZ; CA; NV; UT
[BONAP county map]
Discussion

Of conservation concern.

Variety saxosa is known from scattered locations in the North and South Pahroc ranges, Lincoln County, and on Pahute Mesa, Nye County, Nevada. Reports of this variety in the Sheep Range of Clark County, Nevada (N. H. Holmgren 1997b; T. L. Ackerman et al. 2003), are probably based on var. arizonica.

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

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.)
Source FNA vol. 9, p. 226. FNA vol. 9, p. 225.
Parent taxa Rosaceae > subfam. Rosoideae > tribe Potentilleae > Ivesia > sect. Setosae > Ivesia arizonica Rosaceae > subfam. Rosoideae > tribe Potentilleae > Ivesia > sect. Setosae > Ivesia arizonica
Sibling taxa
I. arizonica var. arizonica
I. arizonica var. saxosa
Synonyms Purpusia saxosa, Potentilla osterhoutii var. saxosa Potentilla osterhoutii, Purpusia osterhoutii
Name authority (Brandegee) Ertter: Syst. Bot. 14: 233. (1989) unknown
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