Potentilla flabellifolia is a species of cinquefoil known by the common names high mountain cinquefoil,[1] fanleaf cinquefoil and fan-foil.
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Rosales |
| Family: | Rosaceae |
| Genus: | Potentilla |
| Species: | P. flabellifolia
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| Binomial name | |
| Potentilla flabellifolia | |
Description edit
Potentilla flabellifolia grows 10 to 30 centimeters tall, and is slightly hairy to nearly hairless. The leaves are ternate, divided into three leaflets. The basal leaves are largest, borne on long petioles. Each has oval leaflets up to 3 centimeters long which are deeply cut into blunt teeth. Smaller leaves occur higher on the stem. The inflorescence is a cyme of one or more flowers. The flower has usually five yellow petals up to a centimeter long on a calyx of pointed sepals and narrower pointed bractlets.
Distribution and habitat edit
The plant is native to western North America from British Columbia to California and to Wyoming. It grows in higher elevation mountainous habitat, such as summertime meadows.[2] It produces one or more erect stems from a branching caudex and system of rhizomes.
References edit
- ^ USDA, NRCS (n.d.). "Potentilla flabellifolia". The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov). Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team. Retrieved 13 October 2015.
- ^ "Burke Herbarium Image Collection". biology.burke.washington.edu.
External links edit
- Calflora Database: Potentilla flabellifolia (Fan leaved cinquefoil, High mountain cinquefoil)
- Jepson Manual Treatment
- Washington Burke Museum
- Photo gallery
Media related to Potentilla flabellifolia at Wikimedia Commons