Horkeliella

Taxobox
name = "Horkeliella"


image_width = 270px
image_caption =
regnum = Plantae
divisio = Magnoliophyta
classis = Magnoliopsida
ordo = Rosales
familia = Rosaceae
subfamilia = Rosoideae
genus = "Horkeliella"
genus_authority = Rydb.
subdivision_ranks = Species
subdivision =
*"Horkeliella congdonis"
*"Horkeliella purpurascens"

"Horkeliella" is a small genus of two species of flowering plants in the rose family known as false horkelias. They are both endemic to California. These wildflowers were named after the genus "Horkelia" due to their resemblance, but are different enough to maintain a separate genus from the horkelias. They have leaves made up of small, overlapping, toothed leaflets and inflorescences of white or pinkish flowers which are similar in appearance to horkelias.

Congdon's false horkelia ("Horkeliella congdonis") is native to the sagebrush slopes of the eastern Sierra Nevada. Purple false horkelia ("Horkeliella purpurascens") is found mainly on the western slopes.

External links

* [http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/cgi-bin/get_JM_treatment.pl?6677,6769 Jepson Manual Treatment]
* [http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=HOPU8 USDA Plants Profile]
* [http://calphotos.berkeley.edu/cgi/img_query?query_src=photos_index&where-taxon=Horkeliella+congdonis Photo gallery: "H. congdonis"]
* [http://calphotos.berkeley.edu/cgi/img_query?query_src=photos_index&where-taxon=Horkeliella+purpurascens Photo gallery: "H. purpurascens"]