Potentilla pensylvanica L.

ROSACEAE

- Rose family (Angiosperms - Flowering plants)

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Name: Potentilla pensylvanica L.

Nomencl. ref.: Mant. Pl.: 76 (1767)
Rank: species

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Common names

U.S. name: Pennsylvania cinquefoil

Italian name: Cinquefoglia di Pennsylvania

Grown habit: Forb/herb
Duration: Perennial

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TAXONOMY

Kingdom: Plantae
Subkingdom: Tracheobionta
Superdivision: Spermatophyta
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Subclass: Rosidae
Order: Rosales
Family: Rosaceae
Genus: Potentilla
Species:

Page counter: 440 ( AVG: 223.19 / 292.537 )

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Potentilla pensylvanica
Dipartimento di Scienze della Vita, Università di Trieste - Progetto Dryades - Picture by Andrea Moro - Comune di Cogne, località Valnontey, Giardino botanico alpino Paradisia., AO, Valle d'Aosta, Italia, - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial Share-Alike 3.0 License

Potentilla pensylvanica
Credit: Photo by Daniela Longo

Potentilla pensylvanica
USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British Possessions. Vol. 2: 257.

Potentilla pensylvanica
Hippolyte Coste - Flore descriptive et illustrée de la France, de la Corse et des contrées limitrophes, 1901-1906 - This image is in public domain because its copyright has expired.

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Distribution in USA and Canada (*)
USA (AK, AZ, CA, CO, IA, ID, IL, IN, KS, ME, MI, MN, MT, ND, NE, NH, NM, NV, OH, OR, SD, UT, VT, WA, WY), CAN (AB, BC, LB, MB, NF, NS, NT, ON, QC, SK, YT)

Distributional map for Potentilla pensylvanica L.
Map for Potentilla pensylvanica L.
(*) USDA, NRCS. 2009. The PLANTS Database (http://plants.usda.gov, 28 August 2009). National Plant Data Center, Baton Rouge, LA 70874-4490 USA

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More species:
1) Potentilla pensylvanica L. var. atrovirens (Rydb.) T. Wolf [148]
2) Potentilla pensylvanica L. var. glabrata (Lehm. ex Hook.) S. Watson [136]
3) Potentilla pensylvanica L. var. litoralis (Rydb.) B. Boivin [474]
4) Potentilla pensylvanica L. var. paucijuga (Rydb.) S.L. Welsh & B.C. Johnst. [214]
5) Potentilla pensylvanica L. var. strigosa Pall. ex Pursh [144]
6) Potentilla platyloba Rydb. [90]
7) Potentilla pulchella R. Br. var. elatior Lange [133]
8) Potentilla recta L. [1419]
9) Potentilla reptans L. [801]
10) Potentilla rupincola Osterh. [372]

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