Bailey's ivesia

Description

Ivesia baileyi is a species of flowering plant in the rose family known by the common name Bailey's ivesia. It is native to the Modoc Plateau of northeastern California and adjacent sections of Oregon, Nevada, and Idaho, as well as the northern slopes of the Sierra Nevada. It grows in volcanic rocky habitat, often growing from crevices in sheer rock faces. Ivesia baileyi is a perennial herb forming clumps of green foliage, sometimes hanging from crevices where it has rooted. The leaves are up to 10 centimeters long and made up of several pairs of toothed leaflets. The inflorescence is an open cyme of several tiny flowers with white, cream, or yellowish petals about 2 millimeters long. Ivesia is a genus of flowering plants in the rose family known generally as mousetails. They are perennial herbs native to western North America, especially the western United States. Plants of this genus are sometimes treated as members of genus Potentilla.