Biology:Ivesia kingii

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Short description: Species of flowering plant

Ivesia kingii
Ivesia kingii var eremica 6.jpg
var. eremica

Vulnerable (NatureServe)
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Rosales
Family: Rosaceae
Genus: Ivesia
Species:
I. kingii
Binomial name
Ivesia kingii
S.Watson
Synonyms

Potentilla kingii (S.Watson) Greene

Ivesia kingii, sometimes reclassified as Potentilla kingii, is a species of flowering plant known by the common name King's mousetail.

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

References

  1. Ivesia kingii. The Nature Conservancy.
  2. USFWS. var. eremica. Species Profile.

External links

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