slender cinquefoil
(Potentilla gracilis)
Overview • Description • Distribution • Taxonomy
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Description |
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Taxonomy |
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| Kingdom | Plantae (green algae and land plants) | ||
| Subkingdom | Viridiplantae (green plants) | ||
| Infrakingdom | Streptophyta (land plants and green algae) | ||
| Superdivision | Embryophyta (land plants) | ||
| Division | Tracheophyta (vascular plants) | ||
| Subdivision | Spermatophytina (seed plants) | ||
| Class | Magnoliopsida (flowering plants) | ||
| Superorder | Rosanae | ||
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Rosales (roses, elms, figs, and allies) | ||
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Rosaceae (rose) | ||
| Subfamily | Rosoideae (brambles, roses, strawberries, and allies) | ||
| Tribe | Potentilleae (strawberries, cinquefoils, and allies) | ||
| Subtribe | Potentillinae | ||
Genus |
Potentilla (cinquefoil) | ||
Subordinate Taxa |
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combleaf cinquefoil (Potentilla gracilis var. elmeri) fanleaf cinquefoil (Potentilla gracilis var. flabelliformis) graceful cinquefoil (Potentilla gracilis var. gracilis) northwest cinquefoil (Potentilla gracilis var. fastigiata) Owyhee cinquefoil (Potentilla gracilis var. owyheensis) slender cinquefoil (Potentilla gracilis var. brunnescens) |
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Common Names |
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graceful cinquefoil northwest cinquefoil slender cinquefoil |
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About
Fruit: multiple achenes. Similar to P. recta but a native species with generally ascending stems that do not bear many stem leaves and with well-developed long-petiolate basal leaves. Perennial herb with erect to ascending stems 10-60 cm long, mountain meadows and grasslands, as well as mountain big sagebrush steppe. |
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