Horkelia marinensis

Taxobox
name = "Horkelia marinensis"


image_width = 270px
regnum = Plantae
divisio = Magnoliophyta
classis = Magnoliopsida
ordo = Rosales
familia = Rosaceae
subfamilia = Rosoideae
genus = "Horkelia"
species = "H. marinensis"
binomial = "Horkelia marinensis"
binomial_authority = (Elmer) Crum ex D.D. Keck
synonyms = "Potentilla marinensis"

"Horkelia marinensis" is a rare species of flowering plant in the rose family known by the common name Point Reyes horkelia. It is endemic to the California coastline, where it is known from about Fort Bragg to near Santa Cruz. It grows on beaches and in other sandy coastal areas. This is a perennial herb growing in low, dense patches. The leaves are up to 10 centimeters long and are made up of toothed, hairy, gray-green leaflets each around a centimeter long. The foliage is glandular and strongly scented. The plant produces green to reddish-green stems up to 30 centimeters long which bear inflorescences of dense clustered flowers. Each flower has minute bractlets under reddish-green, fuzzy sepals. The petals are generally white and narrow with rounded ends. The center of the flower contains a ring of stamens around a patch of 20 to 30 pistils.

External links

* [http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/cgi-bin/get_JM_treatment.pl?6677,6738,6757 Jepson Manual Treatment]
* [http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=HOMA3 USDA Plants Profile]
* [http://calphotos.berkeley.edu/cgi/img_query?query_src=photos_index&where-taxon=Horkelia+marinensis Photo gallery]