Potentilla kingii

Potentilla kingii
P. k. var. eremica

Vulnerable  (NatureServe)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Rosales
Family: Rosaceae
Genus: Potentilla
Species:
P. kingii
Binomial name
Potentilla kingii
(S.Watson) Greene
Synonyms
  • Horkelia kingii (S.Watson) Rydb.
  • Ivesia kingii S.Watson

Potentilla kingii, also known as King's mousetail, is a species of flowering plant in the rose family.[1]

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.[2] It is federally listed as a threatened species of the United States.[3]

References

  1. ^ "Potentilla kingii (S.Watson) Greene | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 2024-06-12.
  2. ^ Ivesia kingii. The Nature Conservancy.
  3. ^ USFWS. var. eremica. Species Profile.

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