Ramona Horkelia

Horkelia truncata Rydberg, sp. nov
Horkelia califomica paucifoliolata S. Wats, in herb. (Rydb. Mem. Dep. Bot. Columbia Univ. 2 : 131, as a synonym under H. platycalyx. 1898).
Perennial, with a short rootstock and caudex ; stem 2-5 dm. high, glandular-pubescent, leafy, green ; lower stipules linear-lanceolate, more or less cleft, 1-2 cm. long, the upper lanceolate and entire ; basal leaves several, glandular-puberulent and hirsute on the veins ; leaflets 2-4 pairs, obovate-cuneate, truncate at the apex with usually 3 large teeth of which the middle one is shorter, otherwise fineh'crenate, 1-4 cm. long; inflorescence open, but few-flowered ; hypanthium saucer -shaped, 7-8 mm. wide and half as deep ; bractlets lanceovate, 4-5 mm. long, a little shorter than the ovate acuminate sepals; petals broadly obovate, 5-6 mm. long; outer filaments triangular, much broader than the inner.
Type collected in Brandegee's ^rden at San Die^o. cultivated plant brought from Ramona, California, Harley P. Chandler 5321 (herb. Univ. of Calif.).
Distribution : Southern California and northern Lower California.

Horkelia truncata is a species of flowering plant in the rose family known by the common name Ramona horkelia. It is native to the Peninsular Ranges of southern California and northern Baja California, where it grows in the chaparral. This is a clumpy perennial herb forming tufts of erect leaves and stems. The leaves are up to 13 centimeters long and are made up of large oval-shaped leaflets with toothed edges and squared-off, toothed tips. The terminal leaflet of the leaf is sometimes untoothed. The thin stem is 20 to 60 centimeters tall and holds an inflorescence of several flowers. Each flower has short sepals beneath five round white petals. The center of the flower contains a ring of stamens around a patch of up to 80 thready pistils.