Gordon's mousetail (Ivesia gordonii)
Description
Ivesia gordonii-is a species of flowering plant in the-rose family-known by the common name-Gordon's mousetail. It is native to the mountain ranges of the western United States from-California-to-Montana. This is a tuft-forming perennial plant which grows in rocky areas. It produces a clump of erect stems and tail-like leaves. Each leaf is a thick, rounded strip of small, green, lobed leaflets which overlap. The thin, naked stems reach 5 to 20 centimeters tall. They bear hairy, glandular-inflorescences-of clustered flowers. Each flower has five yellow-green triangular-sepals-and five tiny spoon-shaped yellow petals. In the mouth of the flower are five-stamens-and a few thready-pistils.
Taxonomic tree
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Domain: Eukarya
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Kingdom: Plantae
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Phylum: Magnoliophyta
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Class: Magnoliopsida
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Order: Rosales
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Family: Rosaceae
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Genus: Ivesia
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