Biology:Ivesia muirii
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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: | Ivesia |
| Species: | I. muirii
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| Ivesia muirii Gray
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Ivesia muirii is a species of flowering plant in the rose family known by the common name granite mousetail. It is endemic to the High Sierra Nevada of California , where it grows on rocky slopes and cliffs.
This is a small perennial herb growing in tufts of erect leaves and stems. The leaf is 2 to 5 centimeters long and is made up of many densely hairy overlapping leaflets such that the leaf is a cylindrical, pointed, whitish to silvery body. The mostly naked stem is up to 15 centimeters long and holds an inflorescence of clustered flowers. Each flower is about half a centimeter wide, with triangular sepals covered in long, white hairs. Between the sepals are narrow, pointed petals of bright yellow. In the center of the flower are a few stamens and pistils. The fruit is an achene about two millimeters long which is gray with reddish spots.
External links
Wikidata ☰ Q16983777 entry
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