Potentilla saxosa

Potentilla saxosa
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Rosales
Family: Rosaceae
Genus: Potentilla
Species:
P. saxosa
Binomial name
Potentilla saxosa
Lemmon & S.A.Lemmon ex Greene)
Synonyms
  • Horkelia saxosa (Lemmon & S.A.Lemmon ex Greene) Rydb.
  • Ivesia saxosa (Lemmon & S.A.Lemmon ex Greene) Ertter
  • Potentilla acuminata H.M.Hall
  • Potentilla saxosa subsp. sierrae Munz

Potentilla saxosa, commonly known as rock mousetail and rock ivesia, is a species of flowering plant in the rose family. It is native to the mountains and deserts of central and southern California and northern Baja California, where it grows in cracks and crevices in rock faces and slopes.