Horkelia kelloggii

Horkelia kelloggii Greene, Bull. Calif. Acad. 2 : 416. ^ 1887
Horkelia califomica sericea A. Gray, Proc. Am. Acad. 6 : 529. 1865. Potentilla Kelloggii Greene, Pittonia 1 : 101. 1887. Ho^. Poteniilla califomica sericea K. Brand. Zee 2 : 349. 1892. Horkelia sericea Rydb. Bull. Torrey Club 25 : 56. 1898.
Perennial, with a rootstock and short woody caudex; stem stout, 3-6 dm. high, ascending, or rarely nearly prostrate, silky-pubescent, not glandular ; stipules ovate or lanceolate, 1-2 cm. long, often toothed ; basal leaves numerous, rather short-petioled, pinnate ; leaflets 4-7 pairs, rather thick and with prominent veins, densely and finely silky-pubescent, obovate, 1-2.5 cm. long, coarsely toothed, the upper confluent ; stem-leaves similar but smaller, with 2-5 pairs of leaflets ; cyme rather dense ; hypanthium densely silky-can escent, cupulate, about twice as wide as deep ; bractlets and sepals entire, ovate or lance-ovate, of nearly the same length, 5-6 mm. long, acute; petals white, spatulate, 5-6 mm. long, rounded at the
Type locality : Oakland, near San Francisco, California. Distribution : Central and southern California, near the coast.