Potentilla newberryi |
Potentilla macounii |
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Newberry's cinquefoil |
Macoun's cinquefoil |
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Stems | 0.4–1.5(–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. |
subpinnate to pinnate, usually at least 2 pairs of leaflets separate from terminal leaflets, distal leaflets often confluent, 2–7 cm; petiole 1–4(–8) cm, straight hairs abundant, ± appressed to ascending, 1–2 mm, stiff to weak, cottony hairs sometimes present, glands absent or obscured; leaflets 5–9(–11), on distal 1/5–1/2 of leaf axis, strongly overlapping, proximal pair separate from others by 1–5 mm of leaf axis, central leaflets oblanceolate to obovate, sometimes lobed, (0.5–)1–1.5 × 0.5–1 cm, petiolules 0–1 mm, distal 2/3 of margins incised 1/2+ to midvein, teeth 2–5 per side, touching, 1–3 mm, surfaces ± dissimilar, abaxial white, straight hairs ± abundant, ± appressed, 1–1.5 mm, weak to stiff, cottony hairs ± dense, glands absent or obscured, adaxial greenish gray, straight hairs sparse to abundant, usually appressed, sometimes ascending, 1 mm, usually ± stiff, sometimes soft, cottony hairs sparse, glands obscured. |
Inflorescences | (1–)3–6(–10)-flowered. |
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Pedicels | 0.8–2 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 to ovate-elliptic, 2.5–4 × 0.8–1.5 mm; hypanthium 3–4 mm diam.; sepals (3–)3.5–5.5(–6) mm, apex ± acute; petals 6–7 × 5–7 mm; filaments 1.5–3 mm, anthers 0.8–1 mm; carpels 15–20, styles 2–2.5 mm. |
Achenes | 0.9–1.2 mm. |
1.5–2 mm, smooth. |
Potentilla newberryi |
Potentilla macounii |
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Phenology | Flowering summer. | Flowering early summer. |
Habitat | Moist, sandy to clayey, more or less alkaline soil, especially where seasonally inundated near streams, ponds, and lakes | Rocky slopes, outcrops, gravel banks, prairies |
Elevation | 1300–1800 m (4300–5900 ft) | 1200–2200 m (3900–7200 ft) |
Distribution |
CA; NV; OR; WA
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MT; AB |
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 macounii differs from other species in sect. Concinnae in the combination of subpinnate leaves, with at least two proximal pairs of leaflets separated from the terminal leaflets, and in having somewhat softer hairs. It occurs on the eastern slopes of the Rocky Mountains in southwestern Alberta (where of conservation concern) and in western Montana. Some problematic collections from the Absaroka Range in western Wyoming are most comparable to P. macounii, but have softer vestiture and somewhat larger, less divided, more subpalmate leaves. If these Wyoming populations were included in P. macounii, the upper elevation range would be 3300 m. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Source | FNA vol. 9, p. 137. | FNA vol. 9, p. 180. |
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 | P. concinna var. macounii |
Name authority | A. Gray: Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 6: 532. (1865) — not P. gracilis Douglas ex Hooker 1830 | Rydberg: Monogr. N. Amer. Potentilleae, 101, plate 41, figs. 1, 2. (1898) |
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