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Potentilla californica

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(Redirected from Horkelia californica) Species of flowering plant

Potentilla californica
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Rosales
Family: Rosaceae
Genus: Potentilla
Species: P. californica
Binomial name
Potentilla californica
(Cham. & Schltdl.) Greene
Synonyms
  • Horkelia californica Cham. & Schltdl.
  • Sibbaldia californica (Cham. & Schltdl.) Spreng.

Potentilla californica, also known as California horkelia, is a species of flowering plant in the rose family.

It is endemic to California, where it grows on scrubby coastal and inland mountain slopes, primarily in the California Coast Ranges and western Sierra Nevada foothills.

Description

Potentilla californica is a clumping perennial herb producing erect green stems variable in height from 10 centimeters to over a meter. The green leaves are up to 40 centimeters long and are made up of hairy, rounded, toothed leaflets each up to 6 centimeters in length.

The inflorescence holds solitary and clustered flowers, each with toothed bractlets and thick, pointed sepals. There are five small white petals. Flowers bloom April to July.

References

  1. "Potentilla californica (Cham. & Schltdl.) Greene | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 2024-06-09.
  2. ^ "Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center - The University of Texas at Austin". www.wildflower.org.

External links

Media related to Horkelia californica at Wikimedia Commons

Taxon identifiers
Potentilla californica
Horkelia californica


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