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Bailey's ivesia

Basal leaves

sheathing base densely glandular abaxially, sometimes sparsely strigose.

Pedicels

2–5 mm at flowering, to 12 mm in fruit.

Flowers

(1–)5–30, 4–7 mm diam.;

epicalyx bractlets broadly lanceolate to ovate, 1.2–2.5 mm, ± 3/4 to as long as sepals;

hypanthium interior yellow to golden;

sepals (2–)2.5–4 mm;

petals pale yellow;

filaments yellow, anther margins not reddish.

Achenes

± 1.5 mm, smooth.

Ivesia baileyi var. baileyi

Phenology Flowering summer.
Habitat Crevices on north-facing cliffs or similarly protected sites in canyons and on rocky outcrops mainly of volcanic origin, in sagebrush communities, conifer woodlands
Elevation 1300–2600 m (4300–8500 ft)
Distribution
from FNA
CA; NV
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Discussion

Of conservation concern.

Variety baileyi occurs from Lassen and Plumas counties, California, to Churchill, Humboldt, and Pershing counties, Nevada.

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

Source FNA vol. 9, p. 226.
Parent taxa Rosaceae > subfam. Rosoideae > tribe Potentilleae > Ivesia > sect. Setosae > Ivesia baileyi
Sibling taxa
I. baileyi var. beneolens
Name authority unknown
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