Ivesia campestris
Ivesia pickeringii
field ivesia, field mousetail, Kaweah ivesia
Pickering's ivesia, silky mousetail
decumbent to ascending, 1–3.5 dm.
ascending to erect, 3–5 dm.
(3–)5–15(–18) cm; sheathing base glabrous or sparsely strigose abaxially;
stipules ± lanceolate, 2.5–5 mm;
petiole (0.3–)0.5–6(–8) cm, hairs sparse to abundant, appressed-ascending, 1–2 mm;
leaflets 15–20 per side, loosely overlapping, 2–10 mm, lobes 2–5, oblanceolate, hairs sparse to abundant, spreading to ascending, 1–2 mm.
8–20 cm; sheathing base ± strigose abaxially;
stipules linear to narrowly lanceolate, 3–5 mm;
petiole 1–3.5 cm, hairs abundant, ascending to spreading, 1–2 mm;
leaflets 35–50 per side, loosely overlapping, 2–6 mm, lobes 3–5, oblanceolate to obovate or oval, hairs abundant, ± ascending, 1–2(–3) mm.
3–4.
5–10.
5–20(–40)-flowered, (1–)1.5–2.5(–4) cm diam., flowers arranged in 1–few ± tight glomerules of 10–15 flowers.
10–100-flowered, (1.5–)5–15 cm diam., flowers usually arranged individually, sometimes more congested.
1–4 mm.
(1–)2–10 mm.
7–10 mm diam.;
epicalyx bractlets linear to oblong, 1–2(–2.5) mm;
hypanthium campanulate, 1–2 × 2.5–4 mm, ± 1/2 as deep as wide;
sepals green, 2–3(–3.5) mm, acute;
petals 4(–5), light yellow, oblanceolate to spatulate or narrowly obovate, 3–4 mm;
stamens 12–16 (4-merous flowers) or 16–20 (5-merous flowers), filaments filiform, 0.6–1.1 mm, anthers yellowish, 0.3–0.5 mm;
carpels 4–20, styles 1.4–2 mm.
8–13 mm diam.;
epicalyx bractlets linear-lanceolate to lanceolate, (1.8–)2–2.5 mm;
hypanthium cupulate to turbinate, 1.5–3 × 2.5–4 mm, often nearly as deep as wide;
sepals often purple-suffused or -mottled, (2.5–)3–5 mm, acuminate;
petals white, becoming pink-tinged with age, oblanceolate to narrowly spatulate, (2.8–)3–5(–6) mm;
stamens 20, filaments filiform, 1.5–2.3 mm, anthers white to cream, 0.3–0.6 mm;
carpels 2–4, styles 2.5–3.5 mm.
light brown, 1–1.5 mm.
dark brown, 2.5–3 mm.
Ivesia campestris
Ivesia pickeringii
Ivesia campestris is found in the southern Sierra Nevada south of the Kings River, where it replaces I. unguiculata and often occurs at higher elevations.
Ivesia campestris is the only member of the genus that commonly has 4-merous flowers. It is sometimes misidentified as I. unguiculata, especially when the pale yellow petals have faded to creamy white; the glomerules of the inflorescences tend to be yellowish green to green rather than purplish. Also, the anthers of I. campestris are yellowish, rather than maroon.
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Of conservation concern.
Ivesia pickeringii is known from Siskiyou and Trinity counties. Some early treatments (for example, P. A. Rydberg 1898, 1908–1918; W. L. Jepson [1923–1925], 1909–1943, vol. 2) conflated this species with I. aperta, hence reports of I. pickeringii in the Sierra Nevada. Historic collections from Edgewood, at the headwaters of the Shasta River in Siskiyou County, have inflorescences more glomerulate than elsewhere in the species range.
The chromosome count of 2n = 28 (P. A. Munz 1959) needs confirmation. If based on Kruckeberg 3665, which was distributed as a voucher for that count, the determination of this collection has been changed to Ivesia sericoleuca.
(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)
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