Potentilla shockleyi

Potentilla shockleyi
Photograph of the plant with yellow flowers
In the White Mountains, Inyo National Forest, USA at elevation 3595 m (11800 ft)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Rosales
Family: Rosaceae
Genus: Potentilla
Species:
P. shockleyi
Binomial name
Potentilla shockleyi
(S.Watson) Jeps.
Synonyms
  • Horkelia shockleyi (S.Watson) Rydb.
  • Ivesia shockleyi S.Watson

Potentilla shockleyi, also known as sky mousetail,[1] is a tiny species of herbaceous perennial plant in the rose family.[2] It is native to the alpine zone of the Sierra Nevada mountain range in the western United States.[3]

  1. ^ NRCS. "Ivesia shockleyi". PLANTS Database. United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Retrieved 26 May 2015.
  2. ^ "Potentilla shockleyi (S.Watson) Jeps. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 2024-06-13.
  3. ^ Munz, Phillip A. (2003). Lake, Dianne (ed.). Sierra Alpine Wildflowers, Introduction to California Mountain Wildflowers. California Natural History Guides (Revised ed.). University of California Press. ISBN 9780520236370.