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Potentilla villosa var. unifoliolosa Hultén 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.
When first described (as Potentilla veitchii) in 1911, it was said to be similar to Potentilla fruticosa (now Dasiphora fruticosa), being distinguished mainly by its pure white flowers. It had grey-green foliage and could reach a height of 3 to 5 ft (0.9 to 1.5 m).
Dasiphora fruticosa subsp. fruticosa, Estonia. Dasiphora fruticosa is a species of hardy deciduous flowering shrub in the family Rosaceae, native to the cool temperate and subarctic regions of the northern hemisphere, often growing at high altitudes in mountains.
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Like most Potentilla species, its flowers have five bright yellow petals, 15 stamens, and numerous separate pistils, and are adapted for generalist pollination. Each flower produces a cluster of achenes if successfully pollinated. [2] It is a taxonomically difficult species that appears to hybridize frequently with other Potentilla spp.
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 .
The inflorescences are cymose, 15–25 cm long, and usually bear 3-10 flowers. Like most Potentilla species, its flowers have five bright yellow petals, 15 stamens, and numerous separate pistils, and are adapted for generalist pollination. Each flower produces a cluster of achenes if successfully pollinated. [2] Two varieties of P. versicolor ...
Dasiphora is a genus of shrubs in the rose family Rosaceae, native to Asia, with one species D. fruticosa (shrubby cinquefoil), ranging across the entire cool temperate Northern Hemisphere. In the past, the genus was normally included in Potentilla as Potentilla sect. Rhopalostylae, [1] but genetic evidence has shown it to be distinct. [2] [3] [4]