Potentilla muirii, commonly known as granite mousetail, is a species of flowering plant in the rose family.[1] It is endemic to the High Sierra Nevada of California, where it grows on rocky slopes and cliffs.
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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. muirii
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| Potentilla muirii (Gray) Greene
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Description
editPotentilla muirii is a small perennial herb growing in tufts of erect leaves and stems. The leaf is 2 to 5 centimeters long and is made up of many densely hairy overlapping leaflets such that the leaf is a cylindrical, pointed, whitish to silvery body. The mostly naked stem is up to 15 centimeters long and holds an inflorescence of clustered flowers. Each flower is about half a centimeter wide, with triangular sepals covered in long, white hairs. Between the sepals are narrow, pointed petals of bright yellow. In the center of the flower are a few stamens and pistils. The fruit is an achene about two millimeters long which is gray with reddish spots.
References
edit- ^ "Potentilla muirii (A.Gray) Greene | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 2024-06-13.
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