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Potentilla gordonii
Gordon's ivesia, alpine mousetail
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Distribution: Occurring chiefly east of the Cascades crest from central Washington south; central Washington to California, east to Montana, Wyoming, and Colorado.

Habitat: Rocky slopes, grassland, sagebrush, forest openings, and subalpine to alpines ridges.

Flowers: June-August

Origin: Native

Growth Duration: Perennial

Conservation Status: Not of concern

Description:
General:

Herbaceous, glandular-puberulent perennial from a taproot, the flowering stems 5-15 cm. tall.

Leaves:

Basal leaves numerous, the blades 2-7 cm. long, pinnate, the leaflets over 20, deeply divided into 3-5 obovate segments 3-8 mm. long; cauline leaf 1, greatly reduced, the stipule several-lobed.

Flowers:

Inflorescence a congested, terminal cluster; calyx conic, yellowish, the 5 lobes deltoid-lanceolate, 3-4 mm. long, erect; petals 5, yellow, obovate to spatulate, shorter than the sepals; stamens 5, pistils 2-4.

Fruits:

Achenes ovoid-flattened, 2 mm. long, smooth.

Accepted Name:
Potentilla gordonii (Hook.) Greene
Publication: Pittonia 1(3): 106. 1887.

Synonyms & Misapplications:
Horkelia gordonii Hook.
Ivesia alpicola Rydb. ex. Howell
Ivesia gordonii (Hook.) Torr. & A. Gray
Infraspecies:
Additional Resources:

PNW Herbaria: Specimen records of Potentilla gordonii in the Consortium of Pacific Northwest Herbaria database

WA Flora Checklist: Potentilla gordonii checklist entry

OregonFlora: Potentilla gordonii information

E-Flora BC: Potentilla gordonii atlas page

CalPhotos: Potentilla gordonii photos

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