Potentilla pickeringii

Potentilla pickeringii

Imperiled  (NatureServe)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Rosales
Family: Rosaceae
Genus: Potentilla
Species:
P. pickeringii
Binomial name
Potentilla pickeringii
(Torr. ex Gray) Greene
Synonyms
  • Horkelia pickeringii (Torr. ex A.Gray) Rydb.
  • Ivesia pickeringii Torr. ex A.Gray

Potentilla pickeringii, also known as silky mousetail and Pickering's ivesia, is an uncommon species of flowering plant in the rose family. It is endemic to the Klamath Mountains of northern California where it is a plant of mountain meadows, often on serpentine soils.