Potentilla gordonii
{{Short description|Species of flowering plant}}
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| genus = Potentilla
| species = gordonii
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Potentilla gordonii, commonly known as Gordon's mousetail, is a species of flowering plant in the rose family.{{Cite web |title=Potentilla gordonii (Hook.) Greene {{!}} Plants of the World Online {{!}} Kew Science |url=http://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:1149052-2 |access-date=2024-06-11 |website=Plants of the World Online |language=en}} It is native to the mountain ranges of the western United States from California to Montana.
Description
Potentilla gordonii is a tuft-forming perennial plant which grows in rocky areas. It produces a clump of erect stems and tail-like leaves. Each leaf is a thick, rounded strip of small, green, lobed leaflets which overlap. The thin, naked stems reach {{Convert|5–25|cm|in}} tall.{{Cite book|last=Blackwell|first=Laird R.|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/61461560|title=Great Basin Wildflowers: A Guide to Common Wildflowers of the High Deserts of Nevada, Utah, and Oregon (A Falcon Guide)|publisher=Morris Book Publishing, LLC|year=2006|isbn=0-7627-3805-7|edition=1st|location=Guilford, Conn.|pages=166|oclc=61461560}} They bear hairy, glandular inflorescences of clustered flowers. Each flower has five yellow-green triangular sepals and five tiny spoon-shaped yellow petals. In the mouth of the flower are five stamens and a few thready pistils.
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External links
- [http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/cgi-bin/get_JM_treatment.pl?6677,6772,6783 Jepson Manual Treatment]
- [http://calphotos.berkeley.edu/cgi/img_query?query_src=photos_index&where-taxon=Ivesia+gordonii Photo gallery]
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