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Shelly's ivesia, Shelly's mousetail

Habit Plants 2–10(–15) cm diam.
Stems

(0.1–)0.2–0.5(–0.9) dm, equal to or exceeding leaves by no more than 2(–7) cm.

Inflorescences

5–30(–60)-flowered, 0.5–2(–5) cm diam. 2n = 28.

Ivesia rhypara var. shellyi

Phenology Flowering summer.
Habitat Overtly petrophytic in cracks and crevices of pumiceous welded ash-flow tuff boulders and outcrops, in sagebrush communities
Elevation 1300–1600 m (4300–5200 ft)
Distribution
from FNA
OR
[BONAP county map]
Discussion

Of conservation concern.

In addition to their more overtly petrophytic habit, plants of var. shellyi are generally smaller and more compact than those of var. rhypara. It is known only from the Rehart and Venator canyons area along the border of Harney and Lake counties in southeastern Oregon.

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

Source FNA vol. 9, p. 229.
Parent taxa Rosaceae > subfam. Rosoideae > tribe Potentilleae > Ivesia > sect. Setosae > Ivesia rhypara
Sibling taxa
I. rhypara var. rhypara
Name authority Ertter: Syst. Bot. 14: 239, fig. 4. (1989)
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