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Luetkea
Sign in to saveLuetkea is a genus of herbaceous plants in the family Rosaceae. One species is accepted. Luetkea pectinata (partridgefoot or luetkea) is a mat-forming semi-shrub. It is endemic to the cold portions of western North America occurring in subarctic Alaska, Yukon, western Northwest Territories, and subalpine to alpine regions of British Columbia, southwestern Alberta, Washington, Oregon, Idaho, northern California and western Montana.
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It is catalogued under topics including Flora of Northern America, Monotypic Rosaceae genera and Spiraeeae.
Its subject is documented across 7 Wikipedia language editions.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassMagnoliopsida
- OrderRosales
- FamilyRosaceae
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 23
- With media
- 5
- Family
- Rosaceae
- Collections
- WTU, BRIT, VT, MNHN
- Recorded in
- United States, Canada
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Spiraeeae
- Named after
- Friedrich Benjamin von Lütke
- Image
- Luetkea pectinata 1259.JPG
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- taxon name
- Luetkea
- taxon rank
- genus
- taxon common name
- 鸡爪梅属
- Commons category
- Luetkea
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Encyclopedic overview
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- General references
Luetkea is a genus of herbaceous plants in the family Rosaceae. One species is accepted. Luetkea pectinata (partridgefoot or luetkea) is a mat-forming semi-shrub. It is endemic to the cold portions of western North America occurring in subarctic Alaska, Yukon, western Northwest Territories, and subalpine to alpine regions of British Columbia, southwestern Alberta, Washington, Oregon, Idaho, northern California and western Montana.
The inflorescence of L. pectinata is a dense and erect terminal cluster 10 to 150 mm high with several to many short-stalked flowers. The leaves are 7 to 20 mm long and two or three times three-dissected. The last segments are linear or lanceolate. The fruit is a follicle with several seeds.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Luetkea” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.