Horkelia chandleri Rydb.
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Authority
New York Botanical Garden. Herbarium of Dr. Per Axel Rydberg. Purchased, 1899. Contributions from the New York Botanical Garden.
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Family
Rosaceae
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Scientific Name
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Description
Species Description - A low silky perennial with very thick and woody root and short cespitose caudex with erect branches densely covered by the remains of old leaves. Stems scapiform, slender, silky villous, 7-16 cm. high: basal leaves numerous, 4-5 cm. long, densely silky, terete, worm-like from the numerous small crowded segments: flowers about 4 mm. in diameter, rather many in subcapitate dense clusters, hypanthium cup-shaped, as well as the calyx densely villous: bractlets linear, about two thirds as long as the triangular-ovate sepals: petals yellow, linear, 1.5 mm. long, shorter than the sepals: stamens mostly 5: filaments subulate filiform.
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Discussion
This species closely resembles H. Miiirii in the leaves and the thick root and caudex : but differs in the taller scape, the more numerous flowers, the longer bractlets, and the narrower linear petals. The type grew at an altitude of about 3450 m.
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Distribution
California: Mt. Goddard, 1900, Hall & Chandler, 700.
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