Ivesia santolinoides |
Ivesia multifoliolata |
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mouse tail ivesia, Sierra mousetail, silver mousetail, stellariopsis |
Coconino ivesia, manyleaf mousetail, red comarella |
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Habit | Plants ± grayish to silvery. | Plants green. |
Stems | ascending to erect, (1–)1.5–4 dm. |
ascending to erect, 2–6 dm. |
Basal leaves | mousetail-like (individual leaflets scarcely distinguishable), 3–10 cm; sheathing base densely strigose abaxially; petiole 0.5–1.5 cm; leaflets 60–80 per side, 0.6–1.5 mm, lobes (0–)3–5, obovate to oval, densely villous. |
6–25(–30) cm; sheathing base minutely glandular abaxially; petiole 0.5–8(–10) cm; leaflets 12–30 per side, obovate to broadly cuneate, 5–12(–15) mm, incised 1/3–1/2 to base into 3–5 oblong to ovate teeth, sometimes entire, sparsely short-strigose to -villous, sometimes glabrate. |
Inflorescences | (10–)30–200-flowered, 3–8(–30) cm diam. |
(5–)8–60-flowered, 2–12 cm diam. |
Pedicels | 5–30 mm. |
5–30(–35) mm. |
Flowers | 5–8 mm diam.; epicalyx bractlets oblong to broadly ovate or orbiculate, 0.2–0.5 mm; hypanthium 0.5–1.5 × 2–3 mm; sepals 1–2 mm, apex obtuse to acute; petals white, broadly obovate to orbiculate, 2–2.5 mm; stamens 15, filaments 1.2–1.8 mm, anthers purple, broadly obcordate to pouch-shaped, 0.3–0.4 mm; carpels 1, styles 2–3 mm. |
9–12 mm diam.; epicalyx bractlets narrowly lanceolate to lanceolate, 1–2 mm; hypanthium interior brick- to blood-red or golden, 0.5–1.5 × 3–5 mm; sepals 3–4.5 mm, base brick- to blood-red adaxially, apex acute to acuminate; petals brick- to blood-red, linear to oblanceolate or narrowly elliptic, 2–3.5 mm; stamens 5, filaments 1.3–2 mm, anthers maroon, oblong, 0.6–0.9 mm; carpels 1–5, styles 2–3 mm. |
Achenes | mottled grayish brown, 1.7–2 mm. |
brown, 2–2.5 mm. |
2n | = 28. |
= 28. |
Ivesia santolinoides |
Ivesia multifoliolata |
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Phenology | Flowering summer. | Flowering summer. |
Habitat | Dry sandy granitic soil, decomposed granite accumulations, ledges and outcrops, in montane and subalpine conifer woodlands | Dry flats and slopes, on gravelly volcanic or sandstone soil, often along seasonal stream courses, in oak and conifer woodlands |
Elevation | 1500–3600 m (4900–11800 ft) | 1800–2400 m (5900–7900 ft) |
Distribution |
CA
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AZ |
Discussion | Ivesia santolinoides is found on loose granitic substrates in the Sierra Nevada, Transverse Ranges, and San Jacinto Mountains from El Dorado to Riverside counties. The species is easily recognized by its silvery mousetail-like leaves and erect, diffuse inflorescences with small, plumlike flowers. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Of conservation concern. Ivesia multifoliolata is found between the Grand Canyon and Mogollon Rim in northern Arizona. It is both the only species of the genus with red petals and the only one that overlaps the range of the red-petaled Potentilla sect. Rubrae. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Source | FNA vol. 9, p. 246. | FNA vol. 9, p. 244. |
Parent taxa | Rosaceae > subfam. Rosoideae > tribe Potentilleae > Ivesia > sect. Stellariopsis | Rosaceae > subfam. Rosoideae > tribe Potentilleae > Ivesia > sect. Comarella |
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Synonyms | Potentilla santolinoides, Stellariopsis santolinoides | Horkelia multifoliolata, Comarella multifoliolata, Potentilla multifoliolata |
Name authority | A. Gray: Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 6: 531. (1865) | (Torrey) D. D. Keck: Lloydia 1: 125. (1939) |
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