Potentilla kingii
Species of flowering plant / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Potentilla kingii, also known as King's mousetail, is a species of flowering plant in the rose family.[1]
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Potentilla kingii | |
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P. k. var. eremica | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Rosids |
Order: | Rosales |
Family: | Rosaceae |
Genus: | Potentilla |
Species: | P. kingii |
Binomial name | |
Potentilla kingii (S.Watson) Greene | |
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It is native to the southwestern United States, where it is known from eastern California, Nevada, and Utah.
One variety of this species, var. eremica, is endemic to Ash Meadows in the Amargosa Desert, in Nye County, Nevada, on the California-Nevada border.[2] It is federally listed as a threatened species of the United States.[3]