Potentilla collina

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Common Names

Description

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.[1]

Physical Description

Habitat

Typically found at an altitude of 0 to 773 meters (0 to 2,536 feet).[2]

Biology

Reproduction

Duration: Perennial

Taxonomy

Unambiguous Synonyms

1. Potentilla guentheri Pohl
2. Potentilla isosepala Bllocki
3. Potentilla theodoriana Asch. & Graebn.
4. Potentilla wibeliana Th. Wolf
5. Potentilla wiemannioides Bllocki

Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name . Latest taxonomic scrutiny: –

Place of publication : Prim. fl. werth. 267. 1799

Name verified on 11-May-2006 by ARS Systematic Botanists. Last updated: 11-May-2006

Similar Species

Members of the genus Potentilla

ZipcodeZoo has pages for 3944 species, subspecies, varieties, forms, and cultivars in this genus. Here are just 100 of them:

P. 869b · P. abbreviata · P. abnormis · P. absinthifolia · P. absinthiifolia · P. abyssinica · P. acaulis · P. acaulis acaulis · P. acaulis arenaria · P. acaulis cinerea · P. acaulis pusilla · P. acaulis subsp. arenaria · P. acaulis subsp. cinerea · P. acaulis subsp. tommasiniana · P. acaulis subsp. velutina · P. acaulis tommasiniana · P. acaulis velutina · P. acuminata (Tapertip Cinquefoil) · P. acutifida · P. acutifolia · P. adamsiana · P. adenotricha · P. adinophylla · P. adnata · P. adpressa · P. adscendens · P. adscendens f. fallax · P. adscharica · P. adscharica f. amblyodonta · P. adscharica f. parviflora · P. adscharica f. polyodonta · P. adscharica f. schistosepala · P. adscharica f. typica · P. adscharica f. vulgata · P. adscharica forma amblyodonta · P. adscharica forma hirsutissima · P. adscharica forma parviflora · P. adscharica forma polyodonta · P. adscharica forma schistosepala · P. adscharica forma typica · P. adscharica forma vulgata · P. adscharica var. gymnosepala · P. adscharica var. trichosepala · P. adulterina · P. aemulans var. incisa · P. aetnea · P. aff. cuneata · P. aff. lineata · P. aff. polyphylla · P. affinis · P. africarum · P. agapantha · P. agrimonioides · P. agrimonioides agrimonioides · P. agrimonioides hispanica · P. agrimonioides oreodoxa · P. agrimonioides subsp. hispanica · P. agrimonioides subsp. oreodoxa · P. agrimonioides var. agrimonioides · P. agrimonioides var. arguta · P. agrimonioides var. capitata · P. agrimonioides var. intercedens · P. agrimonioides var. kobdoensis · P. agrimonioides var. malacotricha · P. agrimonioides var. micans · P. agrimonioides var. strigosella · P. agrimonoides · P. agrimonoides var. arguta · P. agrivaga · P. agrivagua · P. agyrophylla · P. aladaghensis · P. alaskana · P. alba (White Cinquefoil) · P. albanica · P. alba f. obovata · P. alba f. platyphylla · P. alba f. stenophylla · P. alba forma obovata · P. alba forma platyphylla · P. alba forma stenophylla · P. alba 'Snow White' (White Cinquefoil) · P. alba subvar. reducta · P. alba var. caulescens · P. alba var. obovata · P. alba var. splendens · P. alberti · P. albertii · P. albescens · P. albida · P. albiflora (White-Flower Cinquefoil) · P. albifolia · P. albigens · P. albipellis · P. albo-villosa · P. albovillosa · P. alchemilloides · P. alchimilloides · P. aleutica · P. alexeenkoi

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Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal January 29, 2008:

• Biologiezentrum der Oberoesterreichischen Landesmuseen, Biologiezentrum Linz
• Bundesamt für Naturschutz / Zentralstelle für Phytodiversität Deutschland, Bundesamt fuer Naturschutz / Zentralstelle fuer Phytodiversitaet Deutschland
• Conservatoire botanique national du Bassin parisien, Observations du Conservatoire botanique national du Bassin parisien.
• European Environment Agency, EUNIS
• Institute of Nature Conservation PAS, National System of Proetcted Areas
• The Swedish Museum of Natural History
• , Herbarium of Oskarshamn
• Tiroler Landesmuseum Ferdinandeum, Tiroler Landesmuseum Ferdinandeum

Identifiers

• Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 2649905
• Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: IOP-594690
• GRIN Nomen Number: 402123
• Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 24699
• U.S.D.A. Plant Symbol: POCO15
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 57888

Footnotes

1. 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]
2. Mean = 232.620 meters (763.189 feet), Standard Deviation = 207.420 based on 167 observations. Altitude information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]

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