Potentilla cardotiana Hand.-mazz.

Species

Angiosperms > Rosales > Rosaceae > Potentilla

Characteristics

Herbs perennial. Rhizomes short. Flowering stems 10–35 cm tall, together with petioles appressed villous or sericeous. Radical leaves 7–16 cm including petiole; auricles of stipules free, apex acute to acuminate; leaf blade interrupted pinnate with 10–22 pairs of leaflets; terminal leaflet lanceolate to oblong, 1–2 cm × 4–8 mm, abaxially densely silvery or yellowish sericeous, base decurrent in apical 2 or 3 pairs of leaflets, margin sharply serrate; cauline leaves: auricles of stipules herbaceous, apex incised parted or incised serrate; leaf blade with 1–6 pairs of leaflets. Inflorescence corymbose-cymose. Flowers 0.8–1.5 cm in diam.; pedicel 1.5–2 cm. Epicalyx segments oblong to obovate, margin entire or 2–4-parted. Petals yellow, elliptic to obovate, apex rounded or subretuse. Style lateral; stigma slightly dilated. Achenes not seen. Fl. and fr. May–Oct.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support -
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
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Mature height (meter) 0.1 - 0.35
Root system rhizome
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Fruiting months
JanFebMar
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OctNovDec
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Environment

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Usage

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Edible -
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
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Cultivation

Mode -
Germination duration (days) 14 - 30
Germination temperacture (C°) 18 - 21
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Distribution

Potentilla cardotiana world distribution map, present in China

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:727837-1
WFO ID wfo-0000984175
COL ID 4M55C
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Potentilla cardotiana Potentilla leuconota var. corymbosa