General:
Perennial herb from a short thick rhizome and stout branched stem-base covered with brown remains of old leaf-bases; stems 1 to several, tufted, spreading to erect, 5-15 (25) cm tall, appressed-hairy.
Leaves:
Basal leaves crowded, short-stalked, pinnately compound; leaflets 7 to 21, rather crowded, 0.5-1 cm long, deeply cleft nearly to the base into linear-oblong lobes, greyish-green and silky-hairy on both surfaces, sometimes underlain by crinkly hairs.
Flowers:
Inflorescence an open terminal cluster of 1 to 6 stalked flowers; corollas yellow, bowl-shaped, the petals 5, egg-shaped, 5-7 mm long, shallowly notched at the tip; calyces hairy and sometimes weakly glandular, 5-lobed, the lobes lance-triangular, 3-5 mm long, alternating with 5 shorter, narrower bractlets; ovaries superior; stamens usually 20.
Fruits:
Achenes, numerous, clustered, lopsided-egg-shaped, 1.5-2 mm long, smooth.
Site Information |
Value / Class |
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Avg |
Min |
Max |
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Elevation
(metres) |
720 | 720 | 720 |
Slope
Gradient (%) |
48 | 48 | 48 |
Aspect (degrees) |
35 | 36 | 36 |
Soil
Moisture Regime (SMR) [0 - very xeric; 4 - mesic; 8 - hydric] |
2 | 2 | 2 |
Modal
Nutrient Regime
Class |
D | ||
#
of field plots species was recorded in: |
2 | ||
Modal
BEC Zone Class |
PP | ||
All BEC Zones (# of stations/zone) species was recorded in |
PP(1) | ||
Source:
Klinkenberg 2013
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