Ivesia sp.

How to tell it apart

vs Achillea: Ivesia has rose-like flowers with separate petals; Achillea has composite flower heads with ray and disk flowers.; vs Potentilla: Ivesia has cylindrical bottlebrush leaves with 4-80 tiny leaflets per side; Potentilla has flat leaves with spread-out leaflets.; vs Horkelia: Ivesia has cylindrical leaves with overlapping leaflets; Horkelia has flat leaves with 2-15 distinct, separated leaflets.; vs Eremogone: Ivesia has compound bottlebrush leaves; Eremogone has simple, needle-like or thread-like leaves.; vs Cryptantha: Ivesia has rose-family flowers with separate petals; Cryptantha has fused tubular corollas typical of borages.

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Related species

Other California species in the same genus, family, or bioregion.

• Ivesia unguiculata — Yosemite ivesia
• Ivesia webberi — Webber's ivesia
• Ivesia aperta — Sierra valley mousetail
• Ivesia aperta var. aperta — Sierra valley ivesia
• Ivesia aperta var. canina — Dog valley ivesia
• Ivesia argyrocoma var. argyrocoma — Silver-haired ivesia
• Luetkea pectinata — Partridge foot
• Luetkea sp.

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