Ivesia tweedyi |
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Tweedy's ivesia, Tweedy's mousetail |
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Habit | Plants green, ± rosetted to tufted; taproot stout, not fleshy. |
Stems | ascending to erect, 0.4–2(–3.5) dm. |
Basal leaves | loosely cylindric, (3–)4–12(–17) cm; sheathing base glabrous abaxially; petiole 0.5–7 cm, hairs 1–1.5 mm; leaflets 10–16 per side, 4–7(–10) mm, glabrous or sparsely hirsute, glandular-puberulent or -pubescent, lobes (2–)5–15, linear to narrowly oblanceolate, apex not setose. |
Cauline leaves | (0–)1–2, not paired. |
Inflorescences | (5–)10–25(–35)-flowered, (1–)1.5–3(–4.5) cm diam.; glomerules 1–few. |
Pedicels | 1–3(–5) mm. |
Flowers | 9–12 mm diam.; epicalyx bractlets linear, 1–2 mm; hypanthium shallowly campanulate, 1–1.5 × 2–4(–5.5) mm; sepals 2–3.5 mm, acute; petals golden yellow, broadly elliptic to spatulate, 2.5–3.3 mm; stamens 5, filaments 1–1.7 mm, anthers yellow, 0.5–0.8 mm; carpels (2–)4–6(–9), styles 2–3 mm. |
Achenes | olive green, 1.8–2 mm. |
Ivesia tweedyi |
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Phenology | Flowering summer. |
Habitat | Dry, gravelly to rocky flats, slopes, alpine ridges, often on serpentine, in subalpine conifer woodlands |
Elevation | 1600–2300 m (5200–7500 ft) |
Distribution |
ID; MT; WA
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Discussion | Of conservation concern. Ivesia tweedyi is found from the Cascade Range in Washington to Boundary and Shoshone counties in Idaho, barely entering Montana in Mineral County. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Source | FNA vol. 9, p. 235. |
Parent taxa | Rosaceae > subfam. Rosoideae > tribe Potentilleae > Ivesia > sect. Ivesia |
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Synonyms | Potentilla tweedyi |
Name authority | Rydberg: in N. L. Britton et al., N. Amer. Fl. 22: 288. (1908) |
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