Ivesia kingii

Ivesia kingii
var. eremica

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

Potentilla kingii

Ivesia kingii, 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.


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