Ivesia aperta var. canina

Ertter

Brittonia 40: 398, fig. 1. 1988.

Common names: Dog Valley ivesia
Conservation concernEndemic
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 9. Treatment on page 241. Mentioned on page 240.

Stems decumbent to ascending. Flowers (10–)20–120, fewer than 10 per glomerule, 8–12 mm diam.; hypanthium (3–)3.5–5 mm diam.; petals narrowly to broadly obovate, usually 4–7 mm, ± equal to sepals; filaments 2–4 mm; styles 3–4 mm.


Phenology: Flowering summer.
Habitat: Dry meadows, edges of seeps, slopes, and flats, on vernally saturated volcanic soil, in sagebrush and grass communities, conifer woodlands
Elevation: 1600–2000 m

Discussion

Of conservation concern.

Variety canina is known only from the Dog Valley area, Sierra County, California, and adjacent Washoe County, Nevada.

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.
... more about "Ivesia aperta var. canina"
Barbara Ertter +  and James L. Reveal +
Ertter +
Potentilla aperta +
Dog Valley ivesia +
Calif. +  and Nev. +
1600–2000 m +
Dry meadows, edges of seeps, slopes, and flats, on vernally saturated volcanic soil, in sagebrush and grass communities, conifer woodlands +
Flowering summer. +
Conservation concern +  and Endemic +
Eremicae +, Ivesia sect. Eremicae +  and Unguiculatae +
Ivesia aperta var. canina +
Ivesia aperta +
variety +