Genus
Luetkea
Luetkea pectinata. Photo: (c) Peter Stevens, some rights reserved (CC BY)
Luetkea is a genus of herbaceous plants in the Rosaceae family. 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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