Potentilla parryi, commonly known as Parry's horkelia, is a species of flowering plant in the rose family.[2] It is endemic to California, where it grows in the chaparral of the Sierra Nevada foothills.[3]

Potentilla parryi

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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Rosales
Family: Rosaceae
Genus: Potentilla
Species:
P. parryi
Binomial name
Potentilla parryi
(Greene) Greene
Synonyms
  • Horkelia parryi Greene
  • Horkelia platypetala Rydb.

Description

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Potentilla parryi is a low, mat-forming perennial herb growing in unobtrusive green patches on the ground. The leaves are 5 to 10 centimeters long and are each made up of small, toothed, oval-shaped leaflets. The somewhat hairy green to reddish-green stems are 10 to 30 centimeters (4 to 12 inches) long and bear inflorescences of a few flowers each. The flower has minute bractlets under larger, pointed sepals and five white petals. The center of the flower contains a ring of stamens around a patch of up to 50 thready pistils.

References

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  1. ^ "NatureServe Explorer 2.0".
  2. ^ "Potentilla parryi (Greene) Greene | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 2024-06-10.
  3. ^ "CNPS Inventory Plant Detail". www.rareplants.cnps.org.
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