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Potentilla saxosa, known as rock mousetail or rock ivesia, is a small clumping perennial herb from the rose family that grows in rock crevices in the mountains and deserts of California and Baja California. It is hard to cultivate and is best grown in a gritty, very free-draining rock-garden setting with sharp drainage.
Potentilla saxosa, commonly known as rock mousetail and rock ivesia, is a species of flowering plant in the rose family. It is native to the mountains and deserts of central and southern California and northern Baja California, where it grows in cracks and crevices in rock faces and slopes.
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The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
Pet safety from the ASPCA toxic and non-toxic plant lists.
