''Ivesia is also a synonym for the

Nesticus ''Nesticus'' is a genus of American and Eurasian scaffold web spiders first described by Tamerlan Thorell Tord Tamerlan Teodor Thorell (3 May 1830 – 22 December 1901) was a Swedish arachnologist. Thorell studied spiders with Giacomo Doria ...

spider genus''. ''Ivesia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the

rose family Rosaceae (), the rose family, is a medium-sized family of flowering plants that includes 4,828 known species in 91 genera. The name is derived from the type genus ''Rosa''. Among the most species-rich genera are '' Alchemilla'' (270), ''Sorbus ...

known generally as mousetails. They are perennial herbs native to western North America, especially the western United States. Plants of this genus are sometimes treated as members of genus ''

Potentilla ''Potentilla'' is a genus containing over 300Guillén, A., et al. (2005)Reproductive biology of the Iberian species of ''Potentilla'' L. (Rosaceae).''Anales del Jardín Botánico de Madrid'' 1(62) 9–21. species of annual, biennial and perenni ...

''. Species include: *'' Ivesia aperta'' — Sierra Valley mousetail *'' Ivesia argyrocoma'' — silverhair mousetail *'' Ivesia arizonica'' — rock whitefeather *'' Ivesia baileyi'' — Bailey's ivesia *''

Ivesia callida ''Ivesia callida'' is a rare species of flowering plant, in the rose family, known by the common name Tahquitz mousetail. It is a small perennial herb which forms matted patches of hanging foliage on cliff faces. The leaves are strips of oval-sha ...

'' — Tahquitz mousetail *'' Ivesia campestris'' — field mousetail *'' Ivesia cryptocaulis'' — Charleston Peak mousetail *'' Ivesia gordonii'' — Gordon's ivesia *'' Ivesia jaegeri'' — Jaeger's mousetail *'' Ivesia kingii'' — King's mousetail *'' Ivesia longibracteata'' — longbract mousetail *''

Ivesia lycopodioides ''Ivesia lycopodioides'' is a species of flowering plant in the rose family known by the common name clubmoss mousetail, or clubmoss ivesia. It is native to the Sierra Nevada and to regions east of the range in California. It may also be found b ...

'' — clubmoss mousetail *'' Ivesia muirii'' — granite mousetail *'' Ivesia multifoliolata'' — manyleaf mousetail *'' Ivesia paniculata'' — Ash Creek mousetail *'' Ivesia patellifera'' — Kingston Mountain mousetail *''

Ivesia pickeringii ''Ivesia pickeringii'' is an uncommon species of flowering plant in the rose family known by the common names silky mousetail and Pickering's ivesia. It is endemic to the Klamath Mountains of northern California where it is a plant of mountain ...

'' — silky mousetail *'' Ivesia pityocharis'' — Pine Nut Mountain mousetail *'' Ivesia pygmaea'' — dwarf mousetail *'' Ivesia rhypara'' — grimy mousetail *'' Ivesia sabulosa'' — intermountain mousetail *''

Ivesia santolinoides ''Ivesia santolinoides'' is a species of flowering plant in the rose family known by the common names silver mousetail, stellariopsis, Sierra mousetail and mousetail ivesia.Ivesia saxosa ''Ivesia saxosa'' is a species of flowering plant in the rose family known by the common name rock mousetail, or rock ivesia. It is native to the mountains and deserts of central and southern California and northern Baja California, where it gro ...

'' — rock mousetail *'' Ivesia sericoleuca'' — Plumas mousetail *''

Ivesia shockleyi ''Ivesia shockleyi'', the sky mousetail, is a tiny herbaceous perennial plant in the Rose Family (Rosaceae) native to the alpine zone of the United States Sierra Nevada The Sierra Nevada () is a mountain range in the Western United States ...

'' — sky mousetail *'' Ivesia tweedyi'' — Tweedy's mousetail *'' Ivesia unguiculata'' — Yosemite mousetail *'' Ivesia utahensis'' — Utah mousetail *'' Ivesia webberi'' — wire mousetail

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Jepson Manual Treatment
Rosaceae genera {{Rosoideae-stub