Calflora: Ivesia aperta var. canina

Ivesia aperta (J. Howell) Munz var. canina B. Ertter

Dog Valley ivesia, Sierra Valley mousetail

Ivesia aperta var. canina, a dicot, is a perennial herb that is native to California and is endemic (limited) to California alone.

It is included in the CNPS Inventory of Rare and Endangered Plants on list 1B.1 (rare, threatened, or endangered in CA and elsewhere). 7th Edition / 8th Edition

Community:	Yellow Pine Forest
Habitat:	meadows, openings [CNPS Inventory]
Wetlands:	Occurs in wetlands in another region, but occurs almost always under natural conditions in non wetlands in California [U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service.]
Elevation:	between 5249 and 6561 feet
Family:	ROSACEAE
Related:	See a list of other species in the genus Ivesia found in California.
	See the more inclusive parent record Ivesia aperta.

Name Status:

Accepted by TJM2 + PLANTS + JM93

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See a detailed Distribution Grid of this plant in California.

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Records by County, with approximate record counts in the form: TOTAL / CCH. Click county name to view records.

Nevada: 2 / 2 CCH Sierra: 22 / 18 CCH

CCH: records provided by the participants of the Consortium of California Herbaria.

Information about Ivesia aperta var. canina from other sources:

Photos on Picasa / Flickr / Google Images
website references on Google
USDA PLANTS Profile (IVAPC)
Nursery availability and horticultural info (what grows with this plant?) on CNPLX
CNPS Inventory of rare and endangered plants
2012 Jepson Manual Treament from the Jepson Herbarium,
University of California, Berkeley
Original Publication citation. on the International Plants Names Index
Search efloras.org (Flora of North America)
Search the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center Native Plant Database