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Potentilla recta, the sulphur cinquefoil [1] or rough-fruited cinquefoil, is a species of cinquefoil. It is native to Eurasia but it is present in North America as an introduced species, ranging through almost the entire continent except the northernmost part of Canada and Alaska. The plant probably originated in the Mediterranean Basin.
Potentilla norvegica is a species of cinquefoil known by the common names rough cinquefoil, [1] ternate-leaved cinquefoil, [2] and Norwegian cinquefoil. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] It is native to Europe, Asia, and parts of North America, and it can be found elsewhere as an introduced species .
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 simplex, also known as common cinquefoil or old-field five-fingers or oldfield cinquefoil, is a perennial herb in the Rosaceae (rose) family native to eastern North America from Ontario, Quebec, and Labrador south to Texas, Alabama, and panhandle Florida.
Multifoil arch in the Aljafería, Zaragoza, Spain. A multifoil arch (or polyfoil arch), also known as a cusped arch, [1] [2] polylobed arch, [3] [4] or scalloped arch, [5] is an arch characterized by multiple circular arcs or leaf shapes (called foils, lobes, or cusps) that are cut into its interior profile or intrados.
Potentilla nivea, called the snow cinquefoil, snowy cinquefoil, and villous cinquefoil, is a species of flowering plant in the genus Potentilla, native to Subarctic Asia, North America, Greenland, and Europe, and the Subalpine Rockies and Alps. [2] [3] It comes in many ploidy levels; 2x, 3x, 4x, 5x, 6x, 7x, 8x and 10x. [4]
Potentilla argentea, known as hoary cinquefoil, [1] silver cinquefoil, [2] silvery cinquefoil, [3] or silver-leaf cinquefoil, [4] is a perennial herb (or forb) in the family Rosaceae. Potentilla argentea is native to Europe, Asia Minor, and Siberia, [ 3 ] and is introduced throughout temperate areas in North America and in New Zealand.
Drymocallis arguta, commonly known as the tall cinquefoil, [1] prairie cinquefoil, [2] or sticky cinquefoil, [3] is a perennial herbaceous plant native to North America. It was formerly included with the typical cinquefoils in the genus Potentilla .