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Horkelia hispidula
WHITE MOUNTAINS HORKELIA


Higher Taxonomy
Family: RosaceaeView DescriptionDichotomous Key
Common Name: ROSE FAMILY
Habit: Annual to tree, glandular or not. Leaf: simple to palmately or pinnately compound, generally alternate; stipules free to fused (0), persistent to deciduous. Inflorescence: cyme, raceme, panicle, cluster, or flowers 1; bractlets on pedicel ("pedicel bractlets") generally 0--3(many), subtended by bract or generally not. Flower: generally bisexual, radial; hypanthium free or fused to ovary, saucer- to funnel-shaped, subtending bractlets ("hypanthium bractlets") 0--5, alternate sepals; sepals generally 5; petals generally 5, free; stamens (0,1)5--many, anther pollen sacs generally 2; pistils (0)1--many, simple or compound, ovary superior to inferior, styles 1--5. Fruit: 1--many per flower, achene (fleshy-coated or not), follicle, drupe, or pome with generally papery core, occasionally drupe-like with 1--5 stones. Seed: generally 1--5 (per fruit, not per flower).
Genera In Family: 110 genera, +- 3000 species: worldwide, especially temperate; many cultivated for ornament, fruit, especially Cotoneaster, Fragaria, Malus, Prunus, Pyracantha, Rosa, Rubus. Note: Number of teeth is per leaf or leaflet, not per side of leaf or leaflet, except in Drymocallis.
eFlora Treatment Author: Daniel Potter & Barbara Ertter, family description, key to genera, treatment of genera by Daniel Potter, except as noted
Scientific Editor: Daniel Potter, Thomas J. Rosatti.
Genus: HorkeliaView DescriptionDichotomous Key


Habit: Perennial herb, generally +- glandular, generally resinous-smelling; caudex generally branched. Stem: generally ascending to erect. Leaf: generally basal, odd-1-pinnately compound, generally +- flat; cauline alternate, reduced upward; leaflets 2--15 per side, uppermost lateral generally +- fused with terminal. Inflorescence: cyme; pedicels generally straight, bractlets 0. Flower: hypanthium cup-like, +- flat-bottomed, width +- 2 × length, bractlets 5, generally 2/3 sepals; sepals often reflexed; petals generally +- = sepal, blunt, white; stamens 10, filaments +- flat, often forming a tube; pistils 2--many, ovary superior, style attached below fruit tip, +- thicker at base. Fruit: achene.
Etymology: (J. Horkel, German plant physiologist, 1769--1846) Note: Many attractive to bees; data apply to basal leaves, pressed hypanthia.
eFlora Treatment Author: Barbara Ertter
Reference: Ertter & Reveal 2007 Novon 17:315--325
Horkelia hispidula Rydb.
NATIVE
Habit: Plant matted, generally +- gray. Stem: < 25 cm. Leaf: 3--10 cm, generally +- cylindric; stipules entire; leaflets generally 10--14 per side, crowded, generally 2.5--4 mm, divided > 3/4 to base, lobes 3--7, oblanceolate, hairs many. Inflorescence: +- dense or open, generally 3--15-flowered; pedicels generally 1--6 mm. Flower: hypanthium width 3--4 mm, +- 2 × length, inner wall +- hairy, bractlets < 0.5 mm wide, linear to lanceolate; sepals 2.5--4 mm; petals 3--5 mm, oblong to oblanceolate; filaments 0.5--2 mm, base +- 0.5 mm wide, anthers +- 0.5 mm; pistils 10--20, style +- 2 mm. Fruit: +- 1.5 mm.
Ecology: Dry flats; Elevation: 3000--3400 m. Bioregional Distribution: n W&I (White Mtns); Distribution Outside California: Nevada. Flowering Time: Jun--Aug
Jepson eFlora Author: Barbara Ertter
Reference: Ertter & Reveal 2007 Novon 17:315--325
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Citation for this treatment: Barbara Ertter 2012, Horkelia hispidula, in Jepson Flora Project (eds.) Jepson eFlora, https://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/eflora/eflora_display.php?tid=28412, accessed on April 19, 2024.

Citation for the whole project: Jepson Flora Project (eds.) 2024, Jepson eFlora, https://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/eflora/, accessed on April 19, 2024.

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