Potentilla brevifolia |
Potentilla rubella |
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short-leaf cinquefoil, sparse-leaf cinquefoil |
reddish cinquefoil |
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Glands | sparse to abundant, red, stipitate (at least on calyx and hypanthium). |
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Stems | 0.5–2 dm. |
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Basal leaves | petiole 1–4 cm, eglandular hairs absent or sparse, spreading, less than 1 mm, weak, glands abundant. |
3–6 cm; petiole 2–4 cm, hairs common to abundant, ± ascending to spreading, 1–1.5 mm, weak to stiff, glands sparse to common; leaflets (4–)5(–6), central one obovate, 0.5–1.5 × 0.3–0.9 cm, distal ca. 1/2 of margin incised ca. 1/4 to midvein, teeth (2–)3(–4) per side, surfaces ± similar, abaxial pale reddish green, hairs sparse to common on primary veins, spreading, 0.6–1 mm, ± stiff, adaxial green or reddish, glabrous or sparsely hairy. |
Cauline leaves | 1–2; stipules fused with all or most of petiole, free portion shorter than fused portion. |
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Inflorescences | (1–)2–5-flowered. |
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Pedicels | 1–3 cm (proximalmost to 5 cm). |
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Flowers | epicalyx bractlets lanceolate-elliptic to ovate, 2–4 × 0.8–2 mm; sepals 3–5(–7) mm, apex broadly acute to obtuse; petals 3.5–6.5 × 3–5 mm; filaments 1–2.5 mm, anthers 0.5–0.6 mm; carpels 10–15. |
epicalyx bractlets linear to narrowly lanceolate, 4–6 × 0.9–1.2 mm; hypanthium 3–4 mm diam.; sepals 5–7 mm, apex subacute or acute; petals 7–9 × 4–6 mm; filaments 0.7–0.9 mm, anthers 0.4 mm; carpels 40–50, styles 0.9–1.1 mm. |
Achenes | 1–1.5 mm. |
not known. |
2n | = 28, 42 (Siberia). |
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Potentilla brevifolia |
Potentilla rubella |
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Phenology | Flowering summer. | Flowering summer. |
Habitat | Moist rocky slopes and talus, alpine grassy areas, subalpine conifer woodlands | Herb-Salix meadows, herb slopes, open tundra, among mosses |
Elevation | 2500–3600 m (8200–11800 ft) | 0–500 m (0–1600 ft) |
Distribution |
ID; MT; NV; OR; WY
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Greenland; Asia |
Discussion | Potentilla brevifolia is found mainly in alpine situations in the Pioneer, Sawtooth, Smoky, and White Cloud mountains of central Idaho; the Madison Range of western Montana; the Jarbidge Range of northeastern Nevada; the Blue, Steens, and Wallowa mountains of eastern Oregon; and the Teton Range of northwestern Wyoming. The elongate caudices are easily covered by moving soil and talus. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Potentilla rubella combines characteristics of P. hyparctica (sect. Aureae) and P. stipularis. The species is strongly supported as an intersectional hybrid with polytopic origins. It reproduces by seed, shows no transitions to its presumed parental species, and has significant ranges in eastern and northeastern Greenland and northern Asia. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Source | FNA vol. 9, p. 188. | FNA vol. 9, p. 147. |
Parent taxa | Rosaceae > subfam. Rosoideae > tribe Potentilleae > Potentilla > sect. Brevifoliae | Rosaceae > subfam. Rosoideae > tribe Potentilleae > Potentilla > sect. Chrysanthae |
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Synonyms | P. rubelloides | |
Name authority | Nuttall: in J. Torrey and A. Gray, Fl. N. Amer. 1: 442. (1840) | T. J. Sørensen: Meddel. Grønland 101(2): 106, plates 1–3. (1934) |
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