Comprehensive Description
provided by North American Flora
Kelseya uniflora (S. Wats.) Rydb. Mem. N. Y. Bot. Gard
1: 207. 1900.
Eriogynia uniflora S. Wats. Proc. Am. Acad 25 : 130. 1890. Luetkea uniflora Kuntze, Rev. Gen. 217. 1891. Spiraea untflora Piper, Krythea 7 : 172. 1899.
An undershrub, forming mats on the rocks ; leaves crowded, 2-3 mm. long, more or less
silky-pubescent; sepals oblong, obtuse, 1.5 mm. long ; petals narrowly spatulate, nearly 3
mm. long, white ; stamens and pistils of about the same length ; follicles 2-2.5 mm. long,
splitting first on the inner, later also on the outer sutures ; seeds usually 2.
Type locality : The Gate of the Mountains, near Townsend, Montana. Distribution : On cliffs in the mountains of Montana and northern Wyoming.
- bibliographic citation
- Frederick Vernon Coville, Nathaniel Lord Britton, Henry Allan Gleason, John Kunkel Small, Charles Louis Pollard, Per Axel Rydberg. 1908. GROSSULARIACEAE, PLATANACEAE, CROSSOSOMATACEAE, CONNARACEAE, CALYCANTHACEAE, and ROSACEAE (pars). North American flora. vol 22(3). New York Botanical Garden, New York, NY
