Biology:Ivesia santolinoides
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Rosids |
Order: | Rosales |
Family: | Rosaceae |
Genus: | Ivesia |
Species: | I. santolinoides
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Binomial name | |
Ivesia santolinoides A.Gray
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Synonyms[1] | |
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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[citation needed] 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
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 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 et al., Magnoliophyta: Picramniaceae to Rosaceae, Flora of North America North of Mexico, 9, New York, Oxford: Oxford University Press, pp. 246–246, http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=1&taxon_id=220006881
- ↑ Jepson Manual Treatment
External links
Wikidata ☰ Q6098826 entry
Original source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ivesia santolinoides.
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