Border Honeydew

Horkelia bolanderi A. Gray, Proc. Am. Acad. 7: Z3^. 1868
Potentilla Bolanderi Greene, Pittonia 1 : 103. 1887.
Horkelia Bolanderi marinensis Elmer, Bot. Gaz. 41 : 321. 1906.
Perennial, with a scaly rootstock and a rather slender caudex, much branched and
somewhat tufted ; stems several, in the original specimens less than 1 dm. high and nearly
scapose, in later specimens 2-3 dm. high and more leafy, slender, finely villous; stipules
lanceolate, 5 mm. long, mostly entire; basal leaves pinnate ; leaflets 6-11 pairs, loosely
and densely villous or hoarycan escent, cuneate, about 5 mm. long, entire at the base,
coarsely 3-5-toothed at the apex ; cyme in the original specimens dense, subcapitate, in
later ones more open ; hypanthium densely villous or hoary, about 4 mm. in diameter in
fruit, saucer-shaped, about a third as deep as wide; bractlets linear-lanceolate, generally
much shorter than the broadly lanceolate sepals, which are about 5 mm. long ; petals
oblong-spatulate, apparently cream -colored, about a third longer than the sepals, rounded
at the apex.
Type locality : Near Clear Ivake, California.
Distribution : Central California.

Horkelia bolanderi (also known as border horkelia and Bolander's horkelia) is a rare species of flowering plant in the family Rosaceae. It is endemic to northern California where it is known from only a few occurrences in two or three counties. It grows in the mountain forests of the North Coast Ranges. This is a mat-forming gray-green perennial herb producing hairy erect stems 10 to 30 centimeters tall. The leaves are 3 to 8 centimeters long and are made up of hairy, toothed leaflets each one half to one centimeter long. The inflorescence holds several flowers, each with five white petals and up to 20 pistils in the center.