Ivesia saxosa Calflora

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Ivesia saxosa (Greene) Ertter

Rock five finger, Rock ivesia, Rock mousetail

Ivesia saxosa is a perennial herb that is native to California, and found only slightly beyond California borders.


	Plant Range Observation Search ~173 records in California Plant Characteristics

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Genus:	Ivesia
Family:	Rosaceae
Category:	angiosperm
PLANTS group:	Dicot
Jepson eFlora section: eudicot

Communities: Pinyon-Juniper Woodland, Joshua Tree Woodland

Name Status:
Accepted by JEF + PLANTS

Alternate Names:


OTHER	Potentilla acuminata
JEF	Potentilla rosulata
JEF + PLANTS	Potentilla saxosa ssp. sierrae
JEF + PLANTS	Potentilla saxosa
POWO	Potentilla saxosa

Information about Ivesia saxosa from other sources


Nursery availability from CNPLX Commercial availability unknown. Jepson eFlora USDA PLANTS Profile (IVSA3) Photos on Calflora Photos on CalPhotos Google Images Photos on iNaturalist ID Tips on PlantID.net	ITIS Original Publication citation 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: 04/10/2025).