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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

  • Domain: Eukarya

    • Kingdom: Plantae

      • Phylum:

        • Class: Magnoliopsida

          • Order: Rosales

            • Family: Rosaceae

              • Genus: Potentilla