Ivesia patellifera |
Ivesia shockleyi |
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Kingston Mountain mousetail, Kingston Mountains. ivesia |
Shockley's ivesia, sky mousetail |
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Habit | Plants green, ± tufted, often forming hanging clumps, sometimes rosetted. | Plants green to grayish green, ± densely matted. | ||||
Stems | pendent or prostrate to ascending, (0.5–)1–2 dm. |
prostrate to ascending, 0.2–1.5 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. |
tightly to loosely cylindric, (1–)2–12(–14) cm; sheathing base strigose to hirsute abaxially; petiole 0.5–4 cm; lateral leaflets (3–)5–15(–18) per side, separate to overlapping at least distally, ± flabellate, 1–4(–6) mm, incised to base or nearly so into 2–10(–12) oblanceolate to obovate or elliptic lobes, apex sometimes setose, surfaces ± sparsely hirsute, ± glandular; terminal leaflets indistinct. |
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Cauline leaves | (0–)2; blade well developed. |
(0–)1; blade vestigial or reduced. |
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Inflorescences | (1–)3–20(–35)-flowered, open, (0.5–)1.5–4(–6) cm diam. |
2–20-flowered, ± open, 0.5–4(–6) cm diam. |
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Pedicels | 5–20(–30) mm. |
3–10(–12) 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. |
5–10 mm diam.; epicalyx bractlets 5, elliptic or narrowly oblong to ovate, 0.7–2(–3) mm; hypanthium patelliform, 1–2 × 2.5–4.5(–5) mm; sepals 1.5–3.5(–4) mm, acute to obtuse; petals ± yellow, oblanceolate to spatulate or narrowly obovate, 1–3 mm; stamens 5, filaments 0.8–1.8 mm, anthers yellow, oblong, 0.4–0.9 mm; carpels 2–5(–6), styles 1.8–2.5 mm. |
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Achenes | greenish white to light tan, 1.5–2 mm, faintly rugose, ± carunculate. |
greenish cream to light brown, 1.5–2.2(–2.5) mm, smooth, prominently carunculate. |
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Ivesia patellifera |
Ivesia shockleyi |
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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 |
CA; NV; OR; 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). (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
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Key |
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Source | FNA vol. 9, p. 224. | FNA vol. 9, p. 227. | ||||
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Synonyms | Potentilla patellifera | Potentilla shockleyi | ||||
Name authority | (J. T. Howell) Ertter: Syst. Bot. 14: 232. (1989) | S. Watson: Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 23: 263. (1888) | ||||
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