OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Rosids: Fabids: Rosales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Potentilla canadensis   FAMILY Rosaceae   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Potentilla canadensis   FAMILY Rosaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)

Potentilla canadensis

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America

Potentilla canadensis

INCLUDING Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)

Potentilla canadensis var. canadensis

INCLUDING Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)

Potentilla canadensis var. villosissima

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 097-04-001:

Potentilla canadensis   FAMILY Rosaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Potentilla caroliniana

INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Potentilla pumila

 

COMMON NAME:
Dwarf Cinquefoil, Running Five-fingers


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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_poca17_001_lvd

        

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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_popu13_001_lhd

        

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USDA / Selected Weeds of the US. 1970    swus_page_217

        

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Keith Bradley    kab_p_canadensis_3359

March    Lancaster County    SC

Forty Acre Rock Heritage Preserve

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Keith Bradley    kab_p_canadensis_3374

March    Lancaster County    SC

Forty Acre Rock Heritage Preserve

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JK Marlow    jkm0304w_08

April    Greenville County    SC

Most leaflets obovate & toothed only above the middle, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).


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JK Marlow    jkm100422_003

April    Pickens County    SC

Laurel Fork Heritage Preserve

First [lowest] flower usually from axil of 1st well-developed stem leaf, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).

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JK Marlow    jkm100422_007

April    Pickens County    SC

Laurel Fork Heritage Preserve

Flowers have yellow, obovate petals 0.7-1cm long, and 20 stamens of 3 lengths, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).


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JK Marlow    jkm190412_7249

April    Rabun County    GA

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JK Marlow    jkm200403_3429

April    Greenville County    SC

Tall Pines Wildlife Management Area

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Richard and Teresa Ware    rtw_p_canadensis_2

April        

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Richard and Teresa Ware    rtw_p_canadensis_dw

April        

Calyx lobes 2-5mm long, bracts slightly longer. Petals 7-10mm long, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).


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Tim Spira    tpspotentillacanadensis

Month Unknown        

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Potentilla canadensis   FAMILY Rosaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Potentilla canadensis   FAMILY Rosaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Potentilla canadensis

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Potentilla canadensis

INCLUDING Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Potentilla canadensis var. canadensis

INCLUDING Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Potentilla canadensis var. villosissima

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 097-04-001:
Potentilla canadensis   FAMILY Rosaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Potentilla caroliniana

INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Potentilla pumila

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

1144

Forb
Perennial

Habitat: woodlands, forests, fields, lawns, disturbed areas, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Common (rare in GA Coastal Plain)

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LEAVES:
Palmately compound: 5 leaflets
Basal rosette & alternate

FLOWER:
Spring
Yellow
Radially symmetrical
5 united sepals/5 bracts
5 petals
20 stamens, in 3 lengths

FRUIT:
Spring/Summer
Brown
Achene

 

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