Ivesia kingii Calflora

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Taxon Report

Ivesia kingii S. Watson

King's mousetail

2008 Steve Matson

2005 Steve Matson

2019 Matt Berger

2020 Matt Berger

2020 Brandon Wheeler

Ivesia kingii is a perennial herb that is native to California, and also found in Nevada and Utah.


	Plant Range Observation Search ~118 records in California Plant Characteristics

Bloom Period

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Subspecies and Varieties:
... var. kingii
Genus:	Ivesia
Family:	Rosaceae
Category:	angiosperm
PLANTS group:	Dicot
Jepson eFlora section: eudicot

Wetlands: Equally likely to occur in wetlands and non wetlands

Habitat: meadows, playas

Communities: Sagebrush Scrub, Alkali Sink, wetland-riparian

Name Status:
Accepted by PLANTS + POWO

Alternate Names:


PLANTS	Ivesia eremica
PLANTS	Ivesia kingii var. eremica
PLANTS	Potentilla eremica

Information about Ivesia kingii from other sources


Nursery availability from CNPLX Commercial availability unknown. USDA PLANTS Profile (IVKI) Photos on Calflora Photos on CalPhotos Google Images Photos on iNaturalist ID Tips on PlantID.net	International Plants Names Index Search efloras.org (Flora of North America) Landscape information from Calscape BONAP Distribution Map Consortium of California Herbaria 2 Search the Native American Ethnobotany Database	Add an Observation Location Suitability Planting Guide Distribution by County
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Suggested Citation

Calflora: Information on California plants for education, research and conservation, with data contributed by public and private institutions and individuals. [web application]. 2025. The Calflora Database [a non-profit organization]. Available: https://www.calflora.org/ (Accessed: 04/20/2025).