Ivesia kingii
Ivesia kingii | |
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var. eremica | |
Vulnerable (NatureServe) | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Rosids |
Order: | Rosales |
Family: | Rosaceae |
Genus: | Ivesia |
Species: | I. kingii
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Binomial name | |
Ivesia kingii | |
Synonyms | |
Potentilla kingii (S.Watson) Greene |
Ivesia kingii, sometimes reclassified as Potentilla kingii, is a species of flowering plant known by the common name King's mousetail.
It is native to the southwestern United States, where it is known from eastern California, Nevada, and Utah.
One variety of this species, var. eremica, is endemic to Ash Meadows in the Amargosa Desert, in Nye County, Nevada, on the California-Nevada border.[1] It is federally listed as a threatened species of the United States.[2]
References[]
- ^ Ivesia kingii. The Nature Conservancy.
- ^ USFWS. var. eremica. Species Profile.
External links[]
Media related to Potentilla kingii at Wikimedia Commons
Categories:
- NatureServe vulnerable species
- Ivesia
- North American desert flora
- Natural history of the Mojave Desert
- Flora of California
- Flora of Nevada
- Flora of Utah
- Endemic flora of the United States
- Rosaceae stubs