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Potentilla ovina

Potentilla villosa

northern cinquefoil, villous cinquefoil
Habit Tufted perennial from a branched crown and short, thick rhizomes, the stems 5-20 cm. tall, with soft, gray hairs throughout.
Leaves

Leaves ternate, the leaflets somewhat leathery, woolly below, strongly veined, obovate, 1-2 cm. long, coarsely dentate, the teeth rounded;

cauline leaves 2, sub-sessile, only slightly reduced.
Flowers

Inflorescence open, 2-5 flowered;

calyx 7-11 mm. long, the 5 lobes triangular, 3.5-4.5 mm. long, equal to the alternating, oval-elliptic bracteoles;

petals 5, yellow, obcordate, exceeding the sepals;

stamens 20;

pistils numerous, style sub-terminal, basally thickened and tapered, equal to the achene;
Fruits

Achene 1 mm. long, smooth.

Potentilla ovina

Potentilla villosa
Flowering time July-September
Habitat Arctic tundra to alpine ridges, talus slopes and rock crevices.
Distribution
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Occurring in the North Cascades, Olympic Mountains, and at Mt. Rainier in Washington; Alaska to Oregon.
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Origin Native
Conservation status Not of concern
Sibling taxa
P. anserina, P. argentea, P. biennis, P. breweri, P. drummondii, P. flabellifolia, P. glaucophylla, P. gracilis, P. hyparctica, P. jepsonii, P. newberryi, P. nivea, P. norvegica, P. pensylvanica, P. recta, P. rivalis, P. supina, P. villosa
P. anserina, P. argentea, P. biennis, P. breweri, P. drummondii, P. flabellifolia, P. glaucophylla, P. gracilis, P. hyparctica, P. jepsonii, P. newberryi, P. nivea, P. norvegica, P. pensylvanica, P. recta, P. rivalis, P. supina
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