Biology:Horkelia parryi

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Short description: Species of flowering plant

Horkelia parryi
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Imperiled (NatureServe)[1]
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Rosales
Family: Rosaceae
Genus: Horkelia
Species:
H. parryi
Binomial name
Horkelia parryi
Greene

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

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External links

Wikidata ☰ Q5903666 entry