Potentilla newberryi |
Potentilla johnstonii |
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Newberry's cinquefoil |
sagebrush cinquefoil |
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Stems | 0.4–2 dm, lengths 2 times basal leaves. |
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Basal leaves | petiole 1–3.5 cm, long hairs ± abundant, 0.5–1.5 mm, short hairs absent or sparse, rarely common; leaflets 0.2–1 cm, lobes oblanceolate to narrowly elliptic, (0.5–)1–2 mm wide, longs hairs ± abundant, short hairs absent or sparse, glands sparse to abundant. |
palmate, 3–8(–13) cm; petiole 1.5–5(–8) cm, straight hairs abundant, ± appressed, 1–2 mm, stiff, cottony hairs absent, glands sparse to abundant; leaflets (3–)5–7(–9), on tip or at least less than distal 1/10 of leaf axis, separate to slightly overlapping, proximal pair separated from others by 0–1 mm of leaf axis, central leaflets narrowly cuneate to oblanceolate, 1–3(–4) × 0.3–0.7 cm, petiolule 1 mm, distal 1/4 or less of margins incised 1/3–2/3 to midvein, teeth 1(–3) per side, separate, 1–2(–4) mm, surfaces similar, green to grayish, straight hairs sparse to common, appressed, 1–1.5(–2) mm, stiff (sometimes softer and wavy), cottony hairs absent, glands sparse to abundant. |
Inflorescences | 4–11-flowered. |
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Pedicels | 0.7–2(–4) cm. |
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Flowers | epicalyx bractlets broadly lanceolate to elliptic, 1.5–4(–5) × (0.4–)0.8–1.3 mm; sepals 2–4(–5) mm, apex ± acute; petals (3–)4–6 × (2–)3–5 mm; filaments 1–2(–2.5) mm, anthers 0.4–0.6 mm; carpels 20–50. |
epicalyx bractlets ± lanceolate, 2–4 × 1 mm; hypanthium 3–4(–6) mm diam.; sepals 3–4.5 mm, apex acute to obtuse; petals 5–7 × 3–5 mm; filaments 1–2.5 mm, anthers 0.6–0.8 mm; carpels 3–10, styles 2–2.5 mm. |
Achenes | 0.9–1.2 mm. |
2.5 mm, smooth to slightly rugose. |
Potentilla newberryi |
Potentilla johnstonii |
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Phenology | Flowering summer. | Flowering summer. |
Habitat | Moist, sandy to clayey, more or less alkaline soil, especially where seasonally inundated near streams, ponds, and lakes | Rocky slopes in pinyon-juniper woodlands, with Artemisia |
Elevation | 1300–1800 m (4300–5900 ft) | 2300–2500 m (7500–8200 ft) |
Distribution |
CA; NV; OR; WA
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NV |
Discussion | Potentilla newberryi grows in valley bottoms in south-central Oregon, northeastern California, and northwestern Nevada. The only specimen supposedly collected in south-central Washington (W. N. Suksdorf 2718, WTU) was gathered in 1898. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Of conservation concern. Potentilla johnstonii occurs only in the Quinn Canyon Range in Nye County. Its distinctiveness was first noted by B. C. Johnston (1980), who treated it as a variety of P. concinna using the unpublished epithet curvata. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Source | FNA vol. 9, p. 137. | FNA vol. 9, p. 182. |
Parent taxa | Rosaceae > subfam. Rosoideae > tribe Potentilleae > Potentilla > sect. Arenicolae | Rosaceae > subfam. Rosoideae > tribe Potentilleae > Potentilla > sect. Concinnae |
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Synonyms | Ivesia gracilis | |
Name authority | A. Gray: Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 6: 532. (1865) — not P. gracilis Douglas ex Hooker 1830 | Soják: Thaiszia 16: 97. (2007) |
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