Distribution: Occurring chiefly east of the Cascades crest from central Washington south; central Washington to California, east to Montana, Wyoming, and Colorado.
Habitat: Rocky slopes, grassland, sagebrush, forest openings, and subalpine to alpines ridges.
Flowers: June-August
Origin: Native
Growth Duration: Perennial
Conservation Status: Not of concern
Herbaceous, glandular-puberulent perennial from a taproot, the flowering stems 5-15 cm. tall.
Basal leaves numerous, the blades 2-7 cm. long, pinnate, the leaflets over 20, deeply divided into 3-5 obovate segments 3-8 mm. long; cauline leaf 1, greatly reduced, the stipule several-lobed.
Inflorescence a congested, terminal cluster; calyx conic, yellowish, the 5 lobes deltoid-lanceolate, 3-4 mm. long, erect; petals 5, yellow, obovate to spatulate, shorter than the sepals; stamens 5, pistils 2-4.
Achenes ovoid-flattened, 2 mm. long, smooth.
Publication: Pittonia 1(3): 106. 1887.
Ivesia alpicola Rydb. ex. Howell
Ivesia gordonii (Hook.) Torr. & A. Gray
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var. gordonii
Occurring east of the Cascades crest from central Washington south; Occurring east of the Cascades crest from central Washington south; central Washington to California, east to Montana, Wyoming, and Colorado.
PNW Herbaria: Specimen records of Potentilla gordonii in the Consortium of Pacific Northwest Herbaria database
WA Flora Checklist: Potentilla gordonii checklist entry
OregonFlora: Potentilla gordonii information
E-Flora BC: Potentilla gordonii atlas page
CalPhotos: Potentilla gordonii photos
