Potentilla versicolor Rydb. var. darrachii Ertter & DiNicola

Oregon: Grant County: Pine Creek trail up N side of Baldy Mountain, Strawberry Range ca 8 airmi SE of John Day. Elev. 2026 m.
44.347° N, 118.8045° W
Coordinate Source: Specimen Label.
Along streamlet cutting across upper switchbacks, open conifer forest on N-facing slope, serpentine substrate with Dodecatheon, Sanguisorba, Aquilegia, Bistorta. Locally common (including numerous seedlings) where trail crosses streamlet, moist ground in partial shade, caudex simple to few-branched, stems prostrate where open, +/- ascending in dense growth, petals lacking orange basal patch; often growing with (and sometimes hybridizing (22342) with) P. indiges (mostly not yet in bloom).

Barbara Ertter 22341, Jun 13, 2015
With A. DiNicola
SRP, Accession: 63638