Potentilla montana (Potentilla montana)
Description
The bright cinquefoil or mountain cinquefoil (Potentilla montana) is a species of perennial herbaceous plants of the family Rosaceae . Plant 5-20 cm high , stoloniferous strain; stems very thin, equal to leaves, covered, as well as petioles and pedicels, of soft hair spread; Radical leaves with 3 obovate-oblong leaflets, pubescent and green above, silky-silvery beneath and at the edges, furnished on top with a few short, conniving teeth; the rare cauline, with 1-3 leaflets; white flowers, large (15-20 mm in diameter), 1-4 on small, long pedicels; calicule smaller than the calyx; petals emarginate, 1-2 times longer than the chalice
Taxonomic tree
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Domain: Eukarya
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Kingdom: Plantae
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Phylum:
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Class: Magnoliopsida
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Order: Rosales
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Family: Rosaceae
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Genus: Potentilla
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