Potentilla parryi, commonly known as Parry's horkelia, is a species of flowering plant in the rose family.[2] It is endemic to California, where it grows in the chaparral of the Sierra Nevada foothills.[3]
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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. parryi
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| Binomial name | |
| Potentilla parryi (Greene) Greene
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Description
editPotentilla parryi is a low, mat-forming perennial herb growing in unobtrusive green patches on the ground. The leaves are 5 to 10 centimeters long and are each made up of small, toothed, oval-shaped leaflets. The somewhat hairy green to reddish-green stems are 10 to 30 centimeters (4 to 12 inches) long and bear inflorescences of a few flowers each. The flower has minute bractlets under larger, pointed sepals and five white petals. The center of the flower contains a ring of stamens around a patch of up to 50 thready pistils.
References
edit- ^ "NatureServe Explorer 2.0".
- ^ "Potentilla parryi (Greene) Greene | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 2024-06-10.
- ^ "CNPS Inventory Plant Detail". www.rareplants.cnps.org.
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