Horkelia congesta Dougl.

Horkelia congesta Hook. Bot. Mag. 56 : pL 2880. 1829
Sibbaldia congesta Dietr. Syn. PI. 2 : 1020. 1840. Poteniilla congesta Baillon, Hist. PI. 1 : 369. 1867-9.
Perennial, with a short caudex ; stem slender, strict, sparingly ciliate below, glabrous or finely puberulent above, 3-4 dm. high ; stipules pectinately dissected, the lower occasionally divided into linear segments as in the next section ; basal leaves pinnate ; leaflets 4 or 5 pairs, sparingly appressedsilky and ciliate, light-green, thin and shining, linear-oblong, 1-1.5 cm, long, entire, except at the very apex, where they are deeply 2-3-toothed, the teeth acute ; stem-leaves smaller, with linear leaflets ; cyme branched, with few upright branches terminated by small subcapitate clusters of flowers ; hypanthium hemispheric, tinged with light-brown, sparingly silkyvillous, about 5 mm. in diameter ; bractlets linearfiliform, a little shorter than the ovate-acuminate sepals, which are 2-3 mm. long ; petals broadly spatulate or obovate, yellowish, at least in the dry state, exceeding the sepals by one-half ; filaments all lanceolate.
Type locality : Cape Mendocino, California.
Distribution : Oregon and northern California.