Ivesia pickeringii

Pickering's ivesia

Family: Rosaceae · Type: perennial · Native

Conservation status: CNPS 1B.2

Pickering's ivesia is a rare (CNPS 1B.2) California native perennial found in the central Klamath Ranges in wet, rocky serpentine meadows at elevations of 800 to 1,500 meters. Flowering from July to August, this plant produces delicate white to pale pink flowers 8 to 13 millimeters wide, with petals slightly longer than the sepals. Growing with tufted, gray-green stems 30 to 50 centimeters tall, it forms a compact cushion-like cluster with ascending to erect branches. Its complex leaves are up to 20 centimeters long, composed of 35 to 50 leaflets per side, with each small leaflet having 3 to 5 oblanceolate to obovate lobes 2 to 5 millimeters long. The fruit is a smooth, dark brown seed 2.5 to 3 millimeters long, characteristic of its delicate alpine meadow habitat.

Habitat: Wet, rocky meadows, generally on serpentine clay

Bloom period: Jul-Aug

Elevation: 800-1500 m

Bioregions: c KR.

California counties: Trinity, Siskiyou

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