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Newberry's cinquefoil

reddish cinquefoil

Glands

sparse to abundant, red, stipitate (at least on calyx and hypanthium).

Stems

0.5–2 dm.

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.

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.

Inflorescences

(1–)2–5-flowered.

Pedicels

1–3 cm (proximalmost to 5 cm).

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 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

0.9–1.2 mm.

not known.

2n

= 28, 42 (Siberia).

Potentilla newberryi

Potentilla rubella

Phenology Flowering summer. Flowering summer.
Habitat Moist, sandy to clayey, more or less alkaline soil, especially where seasonally inundated near streams, ponds, and lakes Herb-Salix meadows, herb slopes, open tundra, among mosses
Elevation 1300–1800 m (4300–5900 ft) 0–500 m (0–1600 ft)
Distribution
from FNA
CA; NV; OR; WA
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from USDA
Greenland; Asia
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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.)

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. 137. FNA vol. 9, p. 147.
Parent taxa Rosaceae > subfam. Rosoideae > tribe Potentilleae > Potentilla > sect. Arenicolae Rosaceae > subfam. Rosoideae > tribe Potentilleae > Potentilla > sect. Chrysanthae
Sibling taxa
P. albiflora, P. ambigens, P. anachoretica, P. angelliae, P. anglica, P. anserina, P. arenosa, P. argentea, P. arizonica, P. basaltica, P. bicrenata, P. biennis, P. biflora, P. bimundorum, P. bipinnatifida, P. brevifolia, P. breweri, P. bruceae, P. brunnescens, P. canadensis, P. concinna, P. cottamii, P. crantzii, P. crebridens, P. crinita, P. cristae, P. demotica, P. drummondii, P. effusa, P. elegans, P. erecta, P. flabellifolia, P. fragiformis, P. furcata, P. glaucophylla, P. gracilis, P. grayi, P. hickmanii, P. hippiana, P. holmgrenii, P. hookeriana, P. hyparctica, P. inclinata, P. intermedia, P. jepsonii, P. johnstonii, P. lasiodonta, P. litoralis, P. macounii, P. millefolia, P. modesta, P. morefieldii, P. multijuga, P. multisecta, P. nana, P. nivea, P. norvegica, P. ovina, P. paucijuga, P. pedersenii, P. pensylvanica, P. plattensis, P. pseudosericea, P. pulchella, P. pulcherrima, P. recta, P. reptans, P. rhyolitica, P. rimicola, P. rivalis, P. robbinsiana, P. rubella, P. rubricaulis, P. sanguinea, P. saximontana, P. sierrae-blancae, P. simplex, P. sterilis, P. stipularis, P. subgorodkovii, P. subjuga, P. subvahliana, P. subviscosa, P. supina, P. thurberi, P. thuringiaca, P. tikhomirovii, P. townsendii, P. uliginosa, P. uschakovii, P. vahliana, P. verna, P. versicolor, P. villosa, P. villosula, P. vulcanicola, P. wheeleri
P. albiflora, P. ambigens, P. anachoretica, P. angelliae, P. anglica, P. anserina, P. arenosa, P. argentea, P. arizonica, P. basaltica, P. bicrenata, P. biennis, P. biflora, P. bimundorum, P. bipinnatifida, P. brevifolia, P. breweri, P. bruceae, P. brunnescens, P. canadensis, P. concinna, P. cottamii, P. crantzii, P. crebridens, P. crinita, P. cristae, P. demotica, P. drummondii, P. effusa, P. elegans, P. erecta, P. flabellifolia, P. fragiformis, P. furcata, P. glaucophylla, P. gracilis, P. grayi, P. hickmanii, P. hippiana, P. holmgrenii, P. hookeriana, P. hyparctica, P. inclinata, P. intermedia, P. jepsonii, P. johnstonii, P. lasiodonta, P. litoralis, P. macounii, P. millefolia, P. modesta, P. morefieldii, P. multijuga, P. multisecta, P. nana, P. newberryi, P. nivea, P. norvegica, P. ovina, P. paucijuga, P. pedersenii, P. pensylvanica, P. plattensis, P. pseudosericea, P. pulchella, P. pulcherrima, P. recta, P. reptans, P. rhyolitica, P. rimicola, P. rivalis, P. robbinsiana, P. rubricaulis, P. sanguinea, P. saximontana, P. sierrae-blancae, P. simplex, P. sterilis, P. stipularis, P. subgorodkovii, P. subjuga, P. subvahliana, P. subviscosa, P. supina, P. thurberi, P. thuringiaca, P. tikhomirovii, P. townsendii, P. uliginosa, P. uschakovii, P. vahliana, P. verna, P. versicolor, P. villosa, P. villosula, P. vulcanicola, P. wheeleri
Synonyms Ivesia gracilis P. rubelloides
Name authority A. Gray: Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 6: 532. (1865) — not P. gracilis Douglas ex Hooker 1830 T. J. Sørensen: Meddel. Grønland 101(2): 106, plates 1–3. (1934)
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