Ivesia patellifera |
Ivesia arizonica |
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Kingston Mountain mousetail, Kingston Mountains. ivesia |
purpusia, rock whitefeather |
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Habit | Plants green, ± tufted, often forming hanging clumps, sometimes rosetted. | Plants green, ± tufted, often forming hanging clumps, sometimes rosetted. | ||||
Stems | pendent or prostrate to ascending, (0.5–)1–2 dm. |
pendent or prostrate to ascending, (0.2–)0.5–1.6(–3) dm. |
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Basal leaves | planar, (2–)5–15 cm; sheathing base not strigose abaxially; petiole 1–5 cm; lateral leaflets (1–)2–3(–4) per side, separate, obovate to orbiculate, 5–20 mm, incised 1/4–1/2 to base into 5–9 broadly ovate teeth, apex not setose, surfaces short-pilose, ± glandular; terminal leaflets distinct. |
planar, 2–15(–20) cm; sheathing base usually not strigose abaxially; petiole 3–10 cm; lateral leaflets (2–)3–4(–5) per side, separate, broadly ovate or obovate to orbiculate, (2–)5–15(–18) mm, incised 1/4–3/4 to base into (3–)7–11 ± ovate teeth, apex not setose, surfaces ± sparsely short-pilose, ± glandular; terminal leaflets ± distinct. |
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Cauline leaves | (0–)2; blade well developed. |
1–3; blade well developed. |
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Inflorescences | (1–)3–20(–35)-flowered, open, (0.5–)1.5–4(–6) cm diam. |
(1–)5–30(–150)-flowered, open, 0.5–14 cm diam. |
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Pedicels | 5–20(–30) mm. |
5–30 mm. |
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Flowers | 7–10 cm diam.; epicalyx bractlets 0; hypanthium patelliform, 0.5(–1) × 2–3 mm; sepals 2–4 mm, broadly acute; petals yellow, narrowly oblanceolate, 2–3 mm; stamens 5–10, filaments 0.6–1.2(–1.5) mm, anthers yellow, oblong, 0.8–1 mm; carpels 4–10, styles 1.5–2 mm. |
6–12 mm diam.; epicalyx bractlets 0(–3), lanceolate, 0.9–1.8 mm; hypanthium turbinate or campanulate, 1.5–3(–5) × 1–3(–4) mm; sepals 2–4(–5) mm, acute; petals yellow or white, oblanceolate to elliptic or obovate, (1.6–)2–4 mm; stamens 5, filaments 0.8–1.3 mm, anthers ± yellow, oblong to narrowly ovate, 0.6–1.5 mm; carpels (2–)6–10(–13), atop a stipelike torus, styles 0.9–1.8 mm. |
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Achenes | greenish white to light tan, 1.5–2 mm, faintly rugose, ± carunculate. |
greenish white to light tan, 1.2–2 mm, faintly rugose, ± carunculate. |
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Ivesia patellifera |
Ivesia arizonica |
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Phenology | Flowering summer. | |||||
Habitat | Dry, rocky outcrops of limestone, usually crevices of more or less vertical protected cliffs or boulders, in conifer woodlands | |||||
Elevation | 1400–2200 m (4600–7200 ft) | |||||
Distribution |
CA |
AZ; CA; NV; UT |
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Discussion | Of conservation concern. Ivesia patellifera is confined to crevices in steep wash and canyon walls in the Kingston Mountains of San Bernardino County. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Varieties 2 (2 in the flora). Because the epithet saxosa was retained for Potentilla saxosa upon transfer to Ivesia, a different epithet (arizonica) was needed when Purpusia was likewise transferred in the same publication (B. Ertter 1989). The correct name for this species in Potentilla is P. osterhoutii (A. Nelson) J. T. Howell, due to the existence of P. arizonica. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
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Source | FNA vol. 9, p. 224. | FNA vol. 9, p. 224. | ||||
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Synonyms | Potentilla patellifera | Purpusia arizonica | ||||
Name authority | (J. T. Howell) Ertter: Syst. Bot. 14: 232. (1989) | (Eastwood ex J. T. Howell) Ertter: Syst. Bot. 14: 233. (1989) | ||||
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