Ivesia santolinoides
| Ivesia santolinoides | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | Rosids |
| Order: | Rosales |
| Family: | Rosaceae |
| Genus: | Ivesia |
| Species: | I. santolinoides |
| Binomial name | |
| Ivesia santolinoides A.Gray | |
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Ivesia santolinoides is a species of flowering plant in the rose family known by the common names silver mousetail,[1] stellariopsis,[1] Sierra mousetail and mousetail ivesia.[2] It is endemic to California where it grows in several mountain ranges, including the Sierra Nevada and Transverse Ranges.
This is a perennial herb which can be somewhat different in appearance from many other mousetails. Each leaf is made up of many leaflets but they are tiny and overlap tightly to form a woolly, taillike, cylindrical leaf up to 10 centimeters long. The erect, naked stem reaches up to 40 centimeters in height and bears an inflorescence of flowers. Each flower is up to 8 millimeters wide and has large, round white petals above the much smaller, pointed sepals. There are 15 stamens and a single pistil.
References
- 1 2 3 Barbara Ertter & James L. Reveal (2015), "Ivesia santolinoides A. Gray, Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts. 6: 531. 1865", in L. Brouillet; K. Gandhi; C.L. Howard; H. Jeude; R.W. Kiger; J.B. Phipps; A.C. Pryor; H.H. Schmidt; J.L. Strother & J.L. Zarucchi, Flora of North America North of Mexico, Volume 9: Magnoliophyta: Picramniaceae to Rosaceae, New York, Oxford: Oxford University Press, pp. 246–246
- ↑ Jepson Manual Treatment