Barton Flats Horkelia (Horkelia wilderae)
Description
Horkelia wilderae is a perennial herb producing an inconspicuous rosette of prostrate leaves around a small caudex. Each leaf is up to 10 centimeters long and is made up of several pairs of wedge-shaped leaflets divided at the tips into several lobes. The inflorescence is an open array of up to 15 flowers atop an erect stalk, each flower made up of five pointed, green, often recurved sepals and five wedge-shaped to oblong white petals.
Taxonomic tree
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Domain: Eukarya
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Kingdom: Plantae
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Phylum: Magnoliophyta
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Class: Magnoliopsida
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Order: Rosales
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Family: Rosaceae
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Genus: Horkelia
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