Potentilla subviscosa |
Potentilla intermedia |
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Mogollon cinquefoil, Navajo cinquefoil |
downy cinquefoil, potentille intermédiaire |
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Stems | 0.2–1.5(–2) dm. |
ascending to erect, 2–5 dm. |
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Basal leaves | palmate, rarely ternate, (1–)2–7(–18) cm; petiole (0.5–)1–5(–11) cm, long hairs sparse to abundant, ± spreading (to ascending), 1–3(–4) mm, ± weak, glands ± abundant; leaflets (3–)5(–7), central flabellate to obovate-cuneate or oblanceolate, (0.5–)1–3(–8) × 0.5–2 cm, not or ± petiolulate, distal 2/3–3/4 of margins evenly to unevenly incised 1/5–3/4 to midvein, sometimes deeply lobed as well, teeth 2–9 per side (some secondarily toothed as well), surfaces green, long hairs sparse to common, 1–2 mm (late-season leaves and adaxial surfaces sometimes nearly glabrate), glands sparse to abundant. |
palmate or ternate. |
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Cauline leaves | 3–8, proximal ones (3–)5–14 cm; proximal petioles (1–)2–10 cm, long hairs sparse to common, spreading to loosely appressed, 1–2 mm, weak, short or crisped hairs sparse to common, cottony hairs absent, glands absent or sparse; leaflets usually 5, central one oblanceolate to obovate, 2–4.5 × 1–2.5 cm, margins ± flat, distal 3/4+ usually unevenly, sometimes evenly, incised 1/3–2/3 to midvein (often with 1–2 incisions nearly to midvein), teeth 5–10 per side, surfaces similar or ± dissimilar, abaxial green to grayish green, long hairs sparse to common (especially on veins), 0.5–1.5 mm, soft to weak, short or crisped hairs ± sparse, cottony hairs absent, glands absent or sparse, adaxial long hairs absent or sparse, 1 mm, short hairs absent or sparse, crisped and cottony hairs absent, glands absent or sparse. |
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Inflorescences | (1–)3–15-flowered. |
20–100+-flowered. |
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Pedicels | 0.5–1.5(–2) cm. |
0.5–1.5(–2.5) cm. |
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Flowers | epicalyx bractlets lanceolate-elliptic, 1.5–3(–5) × 0.5–1.5 mm; hypanthium 2.5–4 mm diam.; sepals (2.5–)3–5(–6) mm, apex ± acute; petals nearly white abaxially, pale yellow adaxially, narrowly obcordate, 3–6(–8) × 2.5–5 mm; filaments 1.5–2.5 mm, anthers 0.5–1 mm; carpels 4–12, styles 2–3 mm. |
epicalyx bractlets lanceolate to ovate or elliptic, 2–5 × 0.8–1.5 mm, lengths usually 2/3, sometimes 1, times sepals; sepals 3.5–6.5 mm, apex ± acute; petals 3–5 × 2–3 mm; filaments 0.8–2 mm, anthers 0.3–0.5 mm; carpels 40–70, styles 1–1.2 mm, scarcely papillate-swollen proximally. |
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Achenes | 1.5–2 mm, ± rugose. |
1 mm, rugose. |
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Short | hairs well differentiated from long hairs, ± abundant to dense throughout. |
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2n | = 28, 56 (Eurasia). |
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Potentilla subviscosa |
Potentilla intermedia |
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Phenology | Flowering late spring–summer. | |||||
Habitat | Dry waste places along roadsides, ditches, other open sites, in grasslands, oak and conifer woodlands | |||||
Elevation | 0–300 m (0–1000 ft) | |||||
Distribution |
AZ; CO; NM
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CT; IA; IN; MA; ME; MI; NH; NJ; NY; OH; PA; RI; VT; WI; NB; NF; NS; ON; PE; QC; SPM; Eurasia [Introduced in North America]
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Discussion | Varieties 2 (2 in the flora). (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Potentilla intermedia is more common than P. inclinata at least in eastern Canada and New England. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
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Key |
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Source | FNA vol. 9, p. 184. | FNA vol. 9, p. 145. | ||||
Parent taxa | Rosaceae > subfam. Rosoideae > tribe Potentilleae > Potentilla > sect. Subviscosae | Rosaceae > subfam. Rosoideae > tribe Potentilleae > Potentilla > sect. Terminales | ||||
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Synonyms | P. heidenreichii | |||||
Name authority | Greene: Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 8: 97. (1881) | Linnaeus: Syst. Nat. ed. 12, 2: 351. (1767): Mant. Pl. 1: 76. (1767) | ||||
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