Potentilla santolinoides, also known as silver mousetail,[1] stellariopsis,[1] Sierra mousetail[citation needed] and mousetail ivesia,[2] is a species of flowering plant in the rose family.[3] It is endemic to California where it grows in several mountain ranges, including the Sierra Nevada and Transverse Ranges.
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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. santolinoides
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| Potentilla santolinoides (A.Gray) Greene
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Description
editPotentilla santolinoides is a perennial herb which can be somewhat different in appearance from many other mousetails. Each leaf is made up of many leaflets but they are tiny and overlap tightly to form a woolly, taillike, cylindrical leaf up to 10 centimeters long. The erect, naked stem reaches up to 40 centimeters in height and bears an inflorescence of flowers. Each flower is up to 8 millimeters wide and has large, round white petals above the much smaller, pointed sepals. There are 15 stamens and a single pistil.
References
edit- ^ a b Barbara Ertter & James L. Reveal (2015), "Ivesia santolinoides A. Gray, Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts. 6: 531. 1865", in L. Brouillet; K. Gandhi; C.L. Howard; H. Jeude; R.W. Kiger; J.B. Phipps; A.C. Pryor; H.H. Schmidt; J.L. Strother & J.L. Zarucchi (eds.), Magnoliophyta: Picramniaceae to Rosaceae, Flora of North America North of Mexico, vol. 9, New York, Oxford: Oxford University Press, pp. 246–246
- ^ Jepson Manual Treatment
- ^ "Potentilla santolinoides (A.Gray) Greene | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 2024-06-13.
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