Potentilla saxosa, commonly known as rock mousetail and rock ivesia, is a species of flowering plant in the rose family.[1] It is native to the mountains and deserts of central and southern California and northern Baja California, where it grows in cracks and crevices in rock faces and slopes.
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Rosales |
| Family: | Rosaceae |
| Genus: | Potentilla |
| Species: | P. saxosa
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| Binomial name | |
| Potentilla saxosa Lemmon & S.A.Lemmon ex Greene)
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Description
editPotentilla saxosa is a clumpy perennial herb with hanging leaves and stems. Each leaf is a flat strip or cluster of rounded, lobed leaflets. The green to reddish stem is up to 30 centimeters long and bears an inflorescence of clustered flowers. Each flower is almost a centimeter wide and has hairy pointed sepals and smaller rounded to spoon-shaped yellow petals. In the center of the flower are up to 40 stamens and many pistils. The fruit is a tiny pale achene.
References
edit- ^ "Potentilla saxosa Lemmon & S.A.Lemmon ex Greene | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 2024-06-13.
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