Potentilla clevelandii, also known as Cleveland's horkelia, is a species of flowering plant in the rose family.[2] It is native to the Peninsular Ranges of southern California and northern Baja California.
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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: | Potentilla |
| Species: | P. clevelandii
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| Potentilla clevelandii | |
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Description
editThis is a perennial herb forming clumps of long, fernlike leaves and erect stems. The leaves are up to 18 centimeters long and are made up of triangular to rounded leaflets, each toothed or lobed and covered in thin hairs. The narrow stems reach 10 to 50 centimeters in height and bear inflorescences of several flowers. Each flower has hairy, lance-shaped bractlets and pointed sepals. The narrow oval petals are white. The center of the flower contains ten stamens and up to 50 pistils.
Taxonomy
editIts specific epithet clevelandii honors 19th-century San Diego–based plant collector and lawyer Daniel Cleveland.[3]
References
edit- ^ "NatureServe Explorer 2.0".
- ^ "Potentilla clevelandii Greene | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 2024-06-09.
- ^ "Who was Salvia clevelandii named for?". Smarty Plant. Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center, the University of Texas at Austin.
[T]he author of the species chose to honor Daniel Cleveland, a nineteenth-century lawyer, amateur botanist, plant collector and co-founder of the San Diego Society of Natural History. [Besides Salvia clevelandii,] there are a number of other species named in his honor, including: Cheilanthes clevelandii, Chorizanthe clevelandii, Cryptantha clevelandii, Dodecatheon clevelandii, Horkelia clevelandii, Malacothrix clevelandii, Mimulus clevelandii, Muilla clevelandii, Nicotiana clevelandii and Penstemon clevelandii. Moreover, the monotypic Mexican genus, Clevelandia (now included in Castilleja) was also named in Mr. Cleveland's honor.
External links
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Media related to Horkelia clevelandii at Wikimedia Commons
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