Potentilla marinensis, commonly known as Point Reyes horkelia, is a rare species of flowering plant in the rose family.[2] 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.
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Rosales |
| Family: | Rosaceae |
| Genus: | Potentilla |
| Species: | P. marinensis
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| Binomial name | |
| Potentilla marinensis (Elmer) J.T.Howell
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Description
editPotentilla marinensis 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.
References
edit- ^ "NatureServe Explorer 2.0".
- ^ "Potentilla marinensis (Elmer) J.T.Howell | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 2024-06-10.
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