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Potentilla glaucophylla var. perdissecta
Photo is of parent taxon

diverse-leaf cinquefoil
Stems

0.5–2 dm.
Basal leaves

palmate to subpalmate;

distal 1/2–2/3 of leaflet margins incised 3/4+ to midvein, undivided medial blade 1.5–3 mm wide, teeth linear to narrowly oblong.

Potentilla glaucophylla var. perdissecta
Phenology Flowering summer.
Habitat Edges of meadows, dry gravelly flats and slopes, in montane to subalpine conifer woodlands, mixed grassland communities in alpine tundra
Elevation 1500–3000 m (4900–9800 ft)
Distribution
from FNA
ID; MT; WA; WY; AB
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Discussion

Of conservation concern.

Variety perdissecta is confined to the northern Rocky Mountains of extreme southwestern Alberta, south into eastern Idaho, western Montana, and western Wyoming. The variety is also reported from Okanogan County, Washington. Apparent intergradation occurs with pinnate-leaved Potentilla ovina var. decurrens (sect. Multijugae).

(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)
Source FNA vol. 9, p. 153.
Parent taxa Rosaceae > subfam. Rosoideae > tribe Potentilleae > Potentilla > sect. Graciles > Potentilla glaucophylla
Sibling taxa
P. glaucophylla var. glaucophylla
Synonyms P. perdissecta, P. diversifolia var. perdissecta
Name authority (Rydberg) Soják: Thaiszia 16: 49. (2006)
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