Ivesia patellifera

Kingston mountains ivesia, Kingston Mountains Ivesia

Family: Rosaceae · Type: perennial · Native

Conservation status: CNPS 1B.3

Kingston mountains ivesia is a rare (CNPS 1B.3) California native perennial found in the eastern desert mountains in the Kingston Range in granite crevices at elevations of 1,400 to 2,200 meters. Flowering from May to July, this plant produces yellow flowers 7 to 10 millimeters wide with narrow-oblanceolate petals. Growing in green rosettes or hanging clumps with stems 10 to 20 centimeters tall, it forms compact clusters in rocky terrain. Its leaves are generally 5 to 12 centimeters long with 2 to 3 leaflets on each side, each leaflet approximately 5 to 20 millimeters long and round with even teeth or shallow lobes. The fruit is small, pale, and slightly ridged, measuring 1.5 to 2 millimeters in length.

Habitat: Granite crevices

Bloom period: May-Jul

Elevation: 1400-2200 m

Bioregions: e DMtns (Kingston Range).

Data from The California Species Project — 14,000+ California species with verified data from CNPS, CDFW, USFWS, Jepson eFlora, Cal-IPC, and more.