Potentilla pensylvanica
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Potentilla pensylvanica is a species of cinquefoil known by the common names Pennsylvania cinquefoil and prairie cinquefoil. It is native to much of northern and western North America, including most of Canada and the western half of the United States. It grows in many types of habitat. The plant is quite variable in appearance. It may be small and tuftlike or slender and erect. The leaves are divided into a few leaflets which are deeply lobed and have hairy undersides. The inflorescence is a cluster of several flowers, each with five yellow petals a few millimeters in length.
External links
- Calflora Database: Potentilla pensylvanica (Pennsylvania cinquefoil)
- Jepson Manual eFlora (TJM2) treatment
- Southwest Colorado Wildflowers
- Potentilla pensylvanica in the CalPhotos photo database, University of California, Berkeley
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Categories:
- Potentilla
- Flora of Canada
- Flora of the Northwestern United States
- Flora of the Northern United States
- Flora of the North-Central United States
- Flora of the Southwestern United States
- Flora of Alaska
- Flora of California
- Flora of the Great Basin
- Flora of the Great Lakes region (North America)
- Taxa named by Carl Linnaeus
- Rosales stubs