Sieversia brevifolia

Sieversia brevifolia (Greene) Rydberg
Erythrocoma brevifolia Greene, Leaflets 1: 176. 1906.
Perennial, with a short thick rootstock; stem 1-2 dm. high with few reduced leaves, pilose; basal leaves numerous, short, 4^8 cm. long, interruptedly pinnate; rachis hirsute and glandular-pruinose ; principal leaflets cuneate in outline, divaricate, about 1 cm. long, deeply cleft into 4-7 oblong, obtuse or acute segments, hirsute and glandular-pruinose; hypanthium hemispheric; bractlets linear, somewhat shorter than the elliptic or lance-elliptic acute sepals, purpleveined; petals yellow, elliptic or oval, about 1 cm. long, equaling the sepals; style bent 411
above; plumose portion of the styles, in fruit, 2.5-3 cm. long; glabrous portion about 4 mm long. (Closely related to S. ciliata.)
Type locality: Middle Utah. Distribution: Central Utah.