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|accepted_name=Whipplea modesta
|accepted_authority=Torrey in War Department [U.S.]
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Pacif. Railr. Rep.
|place=4(5): 90, plate 7. 1857
|year=1857
}}
|special_status={{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=F
|label=Selected by author to be illustrated
}}{{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=E
|label=Endemic
}}
|basionyms=
|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Hydrangeaceae;Whipplea;Whipplea modesta
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Hydrangeaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Whipplea]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Whipplea modesta]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 12
|mention_page=
|treatment_page=page 470
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Stems </b>to 10 dm; adventitious roots at proximal nodes. <b>Flowering</b> branches weak, (0.4–)0.6–1.5 dm, appressed-pubescent. <b>Leaves</b>: petiole 0–3 mm, pilose; blade 10–40 × 10–30 mm, base rounded or tapered, apex obtuse, abaxial surface strigose, adaxial with white, pustule-based trichomes. <b>Inflorescences</b> congested to open; peduncle 20–50 mm, appressed-pubescent. <b>Pedicels</b> 0.5–2.5 mm, appressed-pubescent. <b>Flowers</b> odorless; hypanthium 1.4–2 × 2.3–2.6 mm; sepals 1.5–2 × 0.2–0.5 mm; petals 2.5–4 × 1–1.5 mm; filaments 1.2 × 0.5 mm; anthers 0.4–0.6 mm; styles 1–1.2 mm. <b>Capsules</b> 1.5–2 × 2–2.5 mm. <b>Seeds</b> 1–1.5 mm.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering Mar–Jun.
|habitat=Dry, rocky sites, open to sparsely forested areas.
|elevation=(30–)400–1300(–1700) m.
|distribution=Calif.;Oreg.;Wash.
|discussion=<p><i>Whipplea modesta</i> grows on the west side of the Cascade and Coast ranges. In Washington, it is known only from Clallam County.</p>
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-->{{#Taxon:
name=Whipplea modesta
|author=
|authority=Torrey in War Department [U.S.]
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=
|basionyms=
|family=Hydrangeaceae
|phenology=Flowering Mar–Jun.
|habitat=Dry, rocky sites, open to sparsely forested areas.
|elevation=(30–)400–1300(–1700) m.
|distribution=Calif.;Oreg.;Wash.
|reference=None
|publication title=Pacif. Railr. Rep.
|publication year=1857
|special status=Selected by author to be illustrated;Endemic
|source xml=https://jpend@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-data-curation.git/src/f6b125a955440c0872999024f038d74684f65921/coarse_grained_fna_xml/V12/V12_945.xml
|genus=Whipplea
|species=Whipplea modesta
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