Potentilla brevifolia Nutt. ex Torr. & A.Gray

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PLANTS OF OREGON, USA
Potentilla brevifolia
Harney Co.: Steens Mountain SE of Bums,
headwaters of Little Blitzen River ca 1/4 mi N of S leg
of Steens Mt Loop Rd, ca 1 airmi W of Wildhorse
Lake jet, 42°40’ 13/15”N 118°35’ 18”W, 2720 m;
gentle E-facing basaltig slope, rocky snow-melt area
with Ranunculus eschscholtzii.
Locally common, forming small prostrate patches
to $a 1 ft diam.; earliest-formed leaves possibly
trifoliate. Iphotographed]
Barbara Ertter 15255	15 August 1996
University Herbarium, University of California at Berkeley
04386592