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Potentilla nitida - Dolomites. Potentilla nitida, the pink cinquefoil, is a species of cinquefoil in the family Rosaceae that is endemic to the Alps where it grows on elevation of 3,200 metres (10,500 ft). The species is 5 centimetres (2.0 in) tall and 15–30 centimetres (5.9–11.8 in) wide.
Potentilla effusa Douglas ex Lehm. – branched cinquefoil; Potentilla furcata A.E. Porsild – forked cinquefoil; Potentilla glaucophylla Lehm. Potentilla grayi S. Watson – Gray's cinquefoil; Potentilla hickmanii Eastw. – Hickman's cinquefoil, Hickman's potentilla; Potentilla holmgrenii D.F. Murray & Elven – Holmgren's cinquefoil ...
Potentilla / ˌ p oʊ t ən ˈ t ɪ l ə / [1] is a genus containing over 500 species of annual, biennial and perennial herbaceous flowering plants in the rose family, Rosaceae. Potentillas may also be called cinquefoils in English, but they have also been called five fingers and silverweeds .
Potentilla indica, known commonly as mock strawberry, Indian-strawberry, or snakeberry in North America, [2] is a flowering plant in the family Rosaceae. [1] It has ternate foliage and an aggregate accessory fruit , similar to the true strawberries of the Fragaria genus. [ 3 ]
Potentilla reptans grows in neutral soils, where it utilizes both natural and manmade habitats such as grasslands, hedgerows, roadsides and arable land. [7] The species can also grow in grass lawns and flowerbeds as an unwanted weed. [8] The grizzled skipper butterfly (Pyrgus malvae) utilizes Potentilla reptans as a foodplant for its ...
Potentilla versicolor is a herbaceous perennial or near-subshrub growing from a thick taproot or woody caudex. Its leaves are pinnately compound, with the leaflets deeply palmately divided, and may be covered in sparse, soft hairs. The exact shape of the leaf and the degree of hairiness can vary substantially between early-season leaves and ...
Potentilla diversifolia or Potentilla × diversifolia is a species of flowering plant in the Rose Family known by the common names varileaf cinquefoil, [1] different-leaved cinquefoil, [citation needed] and mountain meadow cinquefoil.
Potentilla caulescens, also known as the short-stemmed cinquefoil, is a perennial herbaceous species of flowering plant in the rose family, Rosaceae. It is native to Europe , where it lives throughout the Alps as well as mountains in southern Europe and the Atlas Mountains in northern Africa.