Biology:Ivesia shockleyi

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Short description: Species of flowering plant

Ivesia shockleyi
Photograph of the plant with yellow flowers
Sky mousetail (Ivesia shockleyi) in White Mountains, Inyo National Forest, USA at elevation 3595 m (11800 ft)
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Rosales
Family: Rosaceae
Genus: Ivesia
Species:
I. shockleyi
Binomial name
Ivesia shockleyi
S.Watson

Ivesia shockleyi, the sky mousetail,[1] is a tiny herbaceous perennial plant in the Rose Family (Rosaceae) native to the alpine zone of the United States Sierra Nevada mountain range.[2]

References

  1. "Ivesia shockleyi". Natural Resources Conservation Service PLANTS Database. USDA. https://plants.usda.gov/core/profile?symbol=IVSH. Retrieved 26 May 2015. 
  2. Munz, Phillip A. (2003). Lake, Dianne. ed. Sierra Alpine Wildflowers, Introduction to California Mountain Wildflowers. California Natural History Guides (Revised ed.). University of California Press. ISBN 9780520236370. 

Wikidata ☰ Q17271285 entry