Potentilla flabellifolia

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Overview

Interesting Facts

Common Names

Description

Family Rosaceae

Trees , shrubs , or herbs, deciduous or evergreen . Stems erect , scandent , arching , prostrate , or creeping , armed or unarmed . Buds usually with several exposed scales , sometimes with only 2. Leaves alternate, rarely opposite, simple or compound ; stipules paired , free or adnate to petiole , rarely absent, persistent or deciduous; petiole usually 2-glandular apically; leaf blade often serrate at margin , rarely entire. Inflorescences various, from single flowers to umbellate , corymbose , racemose or cymose-paniculate. Flowers usually actinomorphic , bisexual , rarely unisexual and then plants dioecious. Hypanthium (formed from basal parts of sepals, petals, and stamens) free from or adnate to ovary, short or elongate . Sepals usually 5, rarely fewer or more, imbricate; epicalyx segments sometimes also present. Petals as many as sepals, inserted below margin of disk, free, imbricate, sometimes absent. Disk lining hypanthium, usually entire, rarely lobed . Stamens usually numerous , rarely few, always in a complete ring at margin of or above disk; filaments usually free, very rarely connate ; anthers small, didymous , rarely elongate, 2-locular. Carpels 1 to many, free, or ± connate and then adnate to inner surface of cupular receptacle; ovary inferior, semi-inferior, or superior; ovules usually 2 in each carpel, rarely 1 or several, anatropous , superposed . Styles as many as carpels, terminal , lateral , or basal, free or sometimes connate. Fruit a follicle, pome, achene, or drupe, rarely a capsule, naked or enclosed in persistent hypanthium and sometimes also by sepals. Seeds erect or pendulous, sometimes winged , usually exalbuminous , very rarely with thin endosperm; cotyledons mostly fleshy and convex abaxially, rarely folded or convolute.

Between 95 and 125 genera and 2825-3500 species: cosmopolitan , mostly in N temperate zone; 55 genera (two endemic) and 950 species (546 endemic) in China.

Many plants of this family are of economic importance and contribute to people s livelihoods. The Rosaceae contain a great number of fruit trees of temperate regions . The fruits contain vitamins, acids, and sugars and can be used both raw and for making preserves, jam, jelly, candy, various drinks, wine, vinegar, etc. The dried fruits of the genera

Amygdalus and Armeniaca are of high commercial value. Some plants in the genus Rosa containing essential oils or with a high vitamin content are used in industry . Rosaceae wood is used for making various articles, stems and roots are used for making tannin extract, and young leaves are used as a substitute for tea. Numerous species are used for medical purposes or are cultivated as ornamentals .

The Rosaceae are very well represented in China, with great economic and scientific importance. The Co-chairs of the Editorial Committee (Wu and Raven) here note that the patterns of relationship are complex and the group is taxonomically difficult. [1]

Genus Potentilla

Herbs perennial , rarely biennial, annual , or shrubs , if perennial then with ± tufted , scaly rootstock . Stems erect , ascending , or prostrate . Leaves pinnate or palmately compound ; stipules ± adnate to petiole . Inflorescence often cymose or cymose-paniculate, or 1-flowered. Flowers usually bisexual . Hypanthium concave , mostly hemispheric . Sepals 5, valvate ; epicalyx segments 5, alternating with sepals. Petals 5, often yellow, rarely white or purple. Stamens usually ca. 20 in 3 series of 10, 5, and 5, rarely fewer or more (11-30) ; anthers 2-loculed. Carpels usually numerous , free , inserted on slightly elevated receptacle; ovule ascending or pendulous, anatropous , amphitropous , or suborthotropous; style subterminal , lateral , or basal. Achenes numerous, inserted on dry receptacle with persistent sepals. Seed testa membranous. x = 7.

About 500 species: mostly in temperate , arctic , and alpine zones of the N hemisphere, a few in the S hemisphere; 86 species (22 endemic) in China.[2]

Physical Description

Biology

Reproduction

Duration: Perennial

Growth

Sunlight: Sun Exposure: Full sun .

Taxonomy

Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name .

Last scrutiny: 2009

Similar Species

Members of the genus Potentilla

ZipcodeZoo has pages for 173 species, subspecies, varieties, forms, and cultivars in this genus. Here are just 100 of them:

P. acuminata (Tapertip Cinquefoil) · P. alba (White Cinquefoil) · P. alba 'Snow White' (White Cinquefoil) · P. albiflora (White-Flower Cinquefoil) · P. ambigens (Silkyleaf Cinquefoil) · P. angelliae (Boulder Mountain Cinquefoil) · P. anglica (English Cinquefoil) · P. anserina (Egede Cinquefoil) · P. anserina anserina (Silverweed Cinquefoil) · P. anserina anserina var. anserina (Silver-Weed Cinquefoil) · P. argentea (Silver Cinquefoil) · P. argentea var. argentea (Silvery Cinquefoil) · P. arguta (Prairie Cinquefoil) · P. atrosanguinea (Himalayan Cinquefoil) · P. atrosanguinea 'Etna' (Himalayan Cinquefoil) · P. atrosanguinea 'Gibson's Scarlet' (Himalayan Cinquefoil) · P. atrosanguinea 'Rot' (Cinquefoil) · P. atrosanguinea 'Yellow Queen' (Himalayan Cinquefoil) · P. basaltica (Soldier Meadows Cinquefoil) · P. biennis (Biennial Cinquefoil) · P. biflora (Twoflower Cinquefoil) · P. bimundorum (Staghorn Cinquefoil) · P. bipinnatifida (Tansy Cinquefoil) · P. brevifolia (Sparseleaf Cinquefoil) · P. canadensis (Dwarf Cinquefoil) · P. canadensis var. canadensis (Common Cinquefoil) · P. canadensis var. villosissima (Common Cinquefoil) · P. cinerea (Abbotswood Potentilla) · P. collina (Palmleaf Cinquefoil) · P. concinna (Early Cinquefoil) · P. cottamii (Cottam's Cinquefoil) · P. crinita (Bearded Cinquefoil) · P. cristae (Crested Cinquefoil) · P. daucifolia (Carrotleaf Horkelia) · P. diversifolia (Mountain-Meadow Cinquefoil) · P. drummondii (Drummond's Cinquefoil) · P. drummondii bruceae (Brewer's Potentilla) · P. effusa (Branched Cinquefoil) · P. elegans (Silverweed) · P. erecta (Common Tormentil) · P. erecta erecta (Erect Cinquefoil) · P. erecta strictissima (Cinquefoil) · P. fissa (Bigflower Cinquefoil) · P. flabellifolia (High Mountain Cinquefoil) · P. fragiformis (Strawberry Cinquefoil) · P. fruticosa (Bush Cinquefoil) · P. fruticosa L. 'Abbottswood' (Shrubby Cinquefoil) · P. fruticosa 'Moonlight' (Shrubby Cinquefoil) · P. fruticosa 'Abbotswood' (Abbotswood Potentilla) · P. fruticosa 'Absaraka' (Dakota Goldrush® Cinquefoil) · P. fruticosa 'Annette' (Shrubby Cinquefoil) · P. fruticosa 'Apricot Whisper' (Apricot Whisper Cinquefoil) · P. fruticosa 'Beesii' (Shrubby Cinquefoil) · P. fruticosa 'Buttercup' (Shrubby Cinquefoil) · P. fruticosa 'Cobalt' (Shrubby Cinquefoil) · P. fruticosa 'Dakota Goldrush' (Shrubby Cinquefoil) · P. fruticosa 'Dakota Sunrise' (Shrubby Cinquefoil) · P. fruticosa 'Dakota Sunspot' (Shrubby Cinquefoil) · P. fruticosa 'Dart's Golddigger' (Dart's Golddigger Shrubby Cinquefoil) · P. fruticosa 'Daydawn' (Shrubby Cinquefoil) · P. fruticosa 'Eastleigh Cream' (Shrubby Cinquefoil) · P. fruticosa 'Elizabeth' (Shrubby Cinquefoil) · P. fruticosa 'Fargo' (Dakota Sunspot® Cinquefoil) · P. fruticosa 'Farrer's White' (Shrubby Cinquefoil) · P. fruticosa 'Floppy Disc' (Shrubby Cinquefoil) · P. fruticosa 'Frosty' (Shrubby Cinquefoil) · P. fruticosa 'Goldfinger' (Goldfinger Potentilla) · P. fruticosa 'Goldstar' (Shrubby Cinquefoil) · P. fruticosa 'Gold Drop' (Shrubby Cinquefoil) · P. fruticosa 'Hollandia Gold' (Cinquefoil) · P. fruticosa 'Jackmanii' (Jackmanii Cinquefoil) · P. fruticosa 'Katherine Dykes' (Shrubby Cinquefoil) · P. fruticosa 'Klondike' (Shrubby Cinquefoil) · P. fruticosa 'Longacre' (Shrubby Cinquefoil) · P. fruticosa 'Mango Tango' (Cinquefoil) · P. fruticosa 'Marian Red Robin' (Cinquefoil) · P. fruticosa 'McKays White' (Mckay's White Potentilla) · P. fruticosa 'Monsidh' (Frosty® Potentilla) · P. fruticosa 'Mount Everest' (Shrubby Cinquefoil) · P. fruticosa 'Orangeade' (Shrubby Cinquefoil) · P. fruticosa 'Orange Whisper' (Shrubby Cinquefoil) · P. fruticosa 'Pink Beauty' (Cinquefoil) · P. fruticosa 'Pink Princess' (Shrubby Cinquefoil) · P. fruticosa 'Pink Whisper' (Cinquefoil) · P. fruticosa 'Pretty Polly' (Shrubby Cinquefoil) · P. fruticosa 'Primrose Beauty' (Cinquefoil) · P. fruticosa 'Red Ace' (Red Ace Potentilla) · P. fruticosa 'Red Sunset' (Shrubby Cinquefoil) · P. fruticosa 'Ron McBeth' (Shrubby Cinquefoil) · P. fruticosa 'Royal Flush' (Shrubby Cinquefoil) · P. fruticosa 'Snowbird' (Shrubby Cinquefoil) · P. fruticosa 'Sundance' (Cinquefoil) · P. fruticosa 'Sunset' (Shrubby Cinquefoil) · P. fruticosa 'Tangerine' (Shrubby Cinquefoil) · P. fruticosa 'Tilford Cream' (Shrubby Cinquefoil) · P. fruticosa 'Vilmoriniana' (Shrubby Cinquefoil) · P. fruticosa 'Yellow Bird' (Shrubby Cinquefoil) · P. fruticosa 'Yellow Gem' (Shrubby Cinquefoil) · P. furcata (Forked Cinquefoil) · P. glandulosa (Gland Cinquefoil)

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Further Reading

• A flora of California, by Willis Linn Jepson. San Francisco, Calif., Cunningham, Curtis & Welch, 1909- url p. 186.
• A flora of northwest America: containing brief descriptions of all the known indigenous and naturalized plants growing without cultivation north of California, west of Utah, and south of British Columbia / by Thomas Howell. Vol. 1, Phanerogamae. Portland, Or.: [s.n.], 1903. url p. 178, p. 178.
• A flora of the South Fork of Kings River: from Millwood to the head waters of Bubbs Creek / by Alice Eastwood. [San Francisco]: Sierra Club, 1902. url p. 40.
• A monograph of the North American Potentilleae. [Lancaster, Pa., New Era Printing Co.]1898. url , , , p. 105, p. 216, p. 77.
• A report upon the boreal flora of the Sierra Nevada of California / by Frank Jason Smiley. Berkeley, Calif.: University of California Press, 1921. url p. 234, p. 237.
• An illustrated flora of the Pacific States: Washington, Oregon, and California. Stanford University, Stanford University Press, 1923-[60] url p. 434, p. 436.
• Birds of Oregon, by Ira N. Gabrielson. .. and Stanley G. Jewett. .. Corvallis, Or., Pub. by Oregon State College through the O.S.C. Cooperative Association[c1940] url p. 41.
• Britton, N. L. (ed.). North American flora. 22 1908 [New York]New York Botanical Garden. url p. 334.
• Budd's flora of the Canadian Prairie Provinces / [Ottawa]: Research Branch, Agriculture Canada, 1987. url p. 449.
• Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club. 1896 New York: Torrey Botanical Club, 1870-1996 url p. 301, p. 306, p. 353, p. 492.
• Carnegie Institution of Washington publication. Washington, Carnegie Institution of Washington, 1902- url p. 236.
• Contributions from the New York Botanical Garden. New York: The Garden, 1899- url p. 353, p. 494.
• Contributions from the United States National Herbarium 25 1925 Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1890- url p. 273, p. 338, p. 62, p. 65.
• Flora of the northwest coast, including the area west of the summit of the Cascade Mountains, from the forty-ninth parallel south to the Calapooia Mountains on the south border of Lane County, Oregon. Lancaster, Pa., Press of the New Era Printing Company, 1915. url , .
• Flora of the northwest coast: including the area west of the summit of the Cascade Mountains, from the forty-ninth parallel south to the Calapooia Mountains on the south border of Lane County, Oregon / by Charles V. Piper and R. Kent Beattie. Lancaster, Pa.: Press of the New era printing company, 1915. url p. 208.
• Flora of the state of Washington. By Charles V. Piper. Washington, Govt. Print. Off., 1906. url p. 338.
• Mount Rainier: a record of exploration / edited by Edmond S. Meany. New York: Macmillan, 1916. url p. 255, p. 258, p. 272.
• North American fauna. Washington: Fish and Wildlife Service; for sale by the Supt. of Docs., U. S. Govt. Print. Off. url p. 149, p. 77.
• Phytologia. Bronx Park, New York, H.A. Gleason and H.N. Moldenke, url p. 44.
• Plant indicators: the relation of plant communities to process and practice. WashingtonCarnegie Institution of Washington1920 url p. 236.
• Proceedings - California Academy of Sciences, 4th series. San Francisco, California Academy of Sciences. url p. 62.
• Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, 4th series. San Francisco, California Academy of Sciences. url p. 62.
• Reports of explorations and surveys, to ascertain the most practicable and economical route for a railroad from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean. Made under the direction of the secretary of war, in 1853-[6]. .. Washington, A.O.P. Nicholson, Printer [etc.]1855-60. url p. 72.
• Results of a biological survey of Mount Shasta, California, Washington, Govt Print. Off., 1899. url .
• Results of a biological survey of mount Shasta, California, by C. Hart Merriam, chief of Divison of Biological Survey. Washington, U.S. Dept. of Agriculture. Div. of Biological Survey: 1899. url p. 149.
• Syllogeus. Ottawa, National Museum of Natural Sciences, 1972-1995. url p. 87.
• The Mountaineer. Seattle, The Mountaineers, 1907-1921. url p. 113.
• The University of Kansas science bulletin. 33 1949 [Lawrence]: University of Kansas, 1902-1996. url p. 111, p. 112.
• University of California publications in botany. Berkeley, Calif., University of California Press, 1902-2001. url p. 237.
• Yü Te-tsun, Lu Ling-ti, Ku Tsue-chih, Li Chao-luan, Kuan Ke-chien & Chiang Wan-fu. 1974, 1985, 1986. Rosaceae. In: Yü Te-tsun, ed., Fl. Reipubl. Popularis Sin. 36: 1443; 37: 1516; 38: 1133.
• Yü Te-tsun, Lu Ling-ti, Ku Tsue-chih, Li Chao-luan, Kuan Ke-chien & Chiang Wan-fu. 1974, 1985, 1986. Rosaceae. In: Yü Te-tsun, ed., Fl. Reipubl. Popularis Sin. 36: 1443; 37: 1516; 38: 1133.

Notes

Contributors

• Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 10, 2012.
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed January 27, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from provider.
• IOPI Global Plant Checklist. Release date: August 1, 2007
• Ruggiero M., Gordon D., Bailly N., Kirk P., Nicolson D. (2011). The Catalogue of Life Taxonomic Classification, Edition 2, Part A. In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2011 Annual Checklist (Bisby F.A., Roskov Y.R., Orrell T.M., Nicolson D., Paglinawan L.E., Bailly N., Kirk P.M., Bourgoin T., Baillargeon G., Ouvrard D., eds). DVD; Species 2000: Reading, UK.

Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal January 30, 2008:

• Berkeley Natural History Museums, University and Jepson Herbaria DiGIR provider
• Missouri Botanical Garden, Missouri Botanical Garden
• Oregon State University, Vascular Plant Collection
• USDA PLANTS, USDA PLANTS Database
• University of Washington Burke Museum, Vascular Plant Collection - University of Washington Herbarium

Identifiers

• Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 2649913
• Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: Ros-3771
• Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 24709
• U.S.D.A. Plant Symbol: POFL3
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 56316

Footnotes

1. Cuizhi Gu, Chaoluan Li, Lingdi Lu, Shunyuan Jiang, Crinan Alexander, Bruce Bartholomew, Anthony R. Brach, David E. Boufford, Hiroshi Ikeda, Hideaki Ohba, Kenneth R. Robertson & Steven A. Spongberg "Rosaceae". in Flora of China Vol. 9 Page 46. Published by Science Press (Beijing) and Missouri Botanical Garden Press. Online at EFloras.org. [back]
2. Li Chaoluan (Li Chao-luang, Hiroshi Ikeda, Hideaki Ohba "Potentilla". in Flora of China Vol. 9 Page 291. Published by Science Press (Beijing) and Missouri Botanical Garden Press. Online at EFloras.org. [back]

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