Potentilla flabellifolia |
Potentilla lasiodonta |
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fan-foil, fan-leaf cinquefoil, fanleaf or fanfoil or Mount Rainier cinquefoil, fringe-leaf cinquefoil, high mountain cinquefoil |
Sandhills cinquefoil |
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Habit | Plants ± openly matted; caudex branches short to elongate, ± stout. | |
Stems | ascending to erect, (0.3–)1–3 dm, lengths 2 times basal leaves. |
± erect, 2–4 dm. |
Basal leaves | 2-ranked, ternate, (1–)3–12(–20) cm; stipules: apex rounded; petiole (0.5–)1–15(–18) cm, hairs and glands usually absent; leaflets 3, central widely obovate to flabellate, (0.5–)1–5 × (0.4–)1–3(–3.5) cm, petiolule 0–5(–10) mm, margins flat, not or shallowly lobed (sinuses extending less than 1/2 to midvein), distal 1/2–3/4 usually unevenly incised 1/4–1/2 to midvein, teeth 3–7 per side, often secondarily toothed, surfaces similar, green, hairs absent or sparse, rarely common, 0.5–1 mm, glands absent or sparse. |
pinnate, 12–20(–30) cm; petiole 5–10(–15) cm, long hairs ± abundant, spreading to ascending, 0.5–1 mm, weak to ± stiff, short hairs abundant to dense, cottony or crisped hairs absent, glands sparse to abundant, often obscured; leaflets 4–6(–9) per side, on distal (1/3–)1/2–3/5 of leaf axis, slightly overlapping, terminal ones oblanceolate to narrowly elliptic, 3–6 × 0.8–1.2(–1.5) cm, margins strongly revolute, incised ± 1/2 to midvein, undivided medial blade 5–9 mm wide, teeth 8–12 per side, narrowly triangular to lanceolate, surfaces ± dissimilar, abaxial grayish, long hairs ± sparse (or not differentiated from short hairs), 0.5–1.5 mm, weak, short hairs abundant to dense, cottony or crisped hairs absent, glands sparse or obscured, adaxial ± green, straight hairs (long and short not differentiated) abundant, spreading to ascending, 0.2–0.5 mm, cottony and crisped hairs absent, glands sparse to abundant, often obscured. |
Cauline leaves | (1–)2–4. |
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Inflorescences | 1–6-flowered. |
10–40-flowered, congested or elongating in fruit. |
Pedicels | straight, 0.3–4.5(–5) cm, not much longer in fruit than in flower. |
± 0.1 cm (proximal to 1.2 cm). |
Flowers | epicalyx bractlets often toothed or 2-lobed, elliptic to oval, 3.5–7 × (1–)1.5–3 mm, margins flat; hypanthium 3–7 mm diam.; sepals 4–8 mm, apex acute to obtuse; petals dark yellow, (5–)6–10(–12) × (3–)5–10 mm; filaments 1.5–3 mm, anthers 0.6–1.5 mm; carpels 20–50, styles filiform, not or slightly papillate-swollen proximally, 1.6–2.5 mm. |
epicalyx bractlets narrowly ovate-acuminate, (3–)4–8(–10) × 2–3 mm, lengths 1–2 times sepals, margins ± revolute; hypanthium (4–)5–10 mm diam.; sepals 3–5 mm, apex acute to obtuse, abaxial surfaces: venation moderate, glands ± abundant, obscured to evident; petals pale yellow, 3–5 × 2–4 mm, lengths ± equal to or shorter than sepals; filaments 1–1.5 mm, anthers 0.5–0.8 mm; carpels 80–90, styles papillate-swollen in proximal 3/4+, 1–1.2 mm. |
Achenes | 1.2–1.5 mm. |
± 1 mm, ± rugose. |
2n | = 28. |
= 14. |
Potentilla flabellifolia |
Potentilla lasiodonta |
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Phenology | Flowering summer. | Flowering summer. |
Habitat | Moist to wet or swampy, sometimes dry, stream banks, lakeshores, meadows, in conifer woodlands, subalpine and alpine grassy, rocky slopes, near or above timberline | Sandy sites in prairies |
Elevation | 1000–3700 m (3300–12100 ft) | 300–1100 m (1000–3600 ft) |
Distribution |
CA; ID; MT; NV; OR; WA; WY; AB; BC
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MN; ND; AB; MB; SK |
Discussion | Potentilla flabellifolia is found in the mountains from southern British Columbia, southwestern Alberta, and southwestern Montana to the southern Sierra Nevada of California. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Potentilla lasiodonta is a diploid relative of tetraploid P. pensylvanica, sharing similar velvety vestiture of dense short hairs, pinnate leaves, and epicalyx bractlets with revolute margins. The species differs in having larger epicalyx bractlets and less deeply incised leaflets. Plant height and leaf size are at the upper range of P. pensylvanica, and populations are evidently restricted to sandy substrates. Occurrence in Manitoba is based on B. L. Kohli and J. G. Packer (1976); no vouchers are in WIN. At least one collection from southeastern British Columbia (Brown 779, MO) approaches P. lasiodonta, but it is insufficient by itself to serve as a provincial record. The fundamental ploidy and epicalyx distinctions of this species were established by B. L. Kohli and J. G. Packer (1976), who proposed the name Potentilla finitima. As noted by J. Soják (1994), the type of P. lasiodonta is the same entity. Potentilla atrovirens Rydberg and P. pensylvanica var. arida B. Boivin have sometimes been applied to this taxon; the types of both names fall within the circumscription of P. pensylvanica in the narrow sense (Packer, pers. comm.). (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Source | FNA vol. 9, p. 190. | FNA vol. 9, p. 214. |
Parent taxa | Rosaceae > subfam. Rosoideae > tribe Potentilleae > Potentilla > sect. Aureae | Rosaceae > subfam. Rosoideae > tribe Potentilleae > Potentilla > sect. Pensylvanicae |
Sibling taxa | ||
Synonyms | P. finitima | |
Name authority | Hooker ex Torrey & A. Gray: Fl. N. Amer. 1: 442. (1840) | Rydberg: in N. L. Britton et al., N. Amer. Fl. 22: 351. (1908) |
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