Ivesia pygmaea

Dwarf ivesia

Family: Rosaceae · Type: perennial · Native

Dwarf ivesia is a California native perennial found in the central Sierra Nevada Mountains in rocky granitic places at elevations of 2,700 to 4,000 meters. Flowering from July to September, this plant produces small yellow flowers in dense clusters 8 to 30 millimeters wide. Growing with matted, green stems 3 to 15 centimeters tall that are decumbent to erect, it forms a branched caudex. Its leaves have 10 to 15 leaflets on each side, with lobes 1 to 3 millimeters long and widely oblanceolate in shape. The plant produces pale, smooth fruits 1 to 1.5 millimeters long.

Habitat: Rocky (granitic) places

Bloom period: Jul-Sep

Elevation: 2700-4000 m

Bioregions: c&amps SNH.

California counties: Tulare, Fresno, Inyo, Tuolumne

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