Potentilla glabra G.Lodd.

Species

Angiosperms > Rosales > Rosaceae > Potentilla

Characteristics

Shrubs 0.3–2(–3) m tall. Young branchlets sparsely pubescent, older ones covered with grayish brown, peeling bark. Stipules thinly membranous, sparsely pilose or subglabrous; petiole sparsely pilose; leaf blade pinnate with 2(or 3) pairs of leaflets; leaflets oblong, obovate-elliptic, or ovate-elliptic, 0.5–1.2 cm × 4–8 mm, both surfaces sparsely (rarely densely) pilose, sericeous, or glabrescent, base cuneate or rounded, decurrent and adnate to rachis in apical pair of leaflets, margin entire, flat or slightly revolute, apex obtuse or acute. Flowers 1 to several, terminal on separate branches, 1.5–2.5 cm in diam.; pedicel long, thin, sparsely pilose. Sepals ovate, apex acute or shortly mucronate; epicalyx segments lanceolate, obovate-lanceolate, or ovate, shorter than or nearly equaling sepals, abaxially sparsely pilose. Petals white, obovate, apex rounded. Style sub-basal, clavate, thin at base, constricted at base of dilated stigma. Achenes hairy. Fl. and fr. May–Nov.
Life form perennial
Growth form
Growth support -
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 0.5 - 1.5
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
Blooming months
JanFebMar
AprMayJun
JulAugSep
OctNovDec
Fruit color -
Fruiting months
JanFebMar
AprMayJun
JulAugSep
OctNovDec
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

Light 7-9
Soil humidity 3-5
Soil texture 3-4
Soil acidity -
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 2-2

Usage

Uses medicinal
Edible -
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Mode -
Germination duration (days) 14 - 30
Germination temperacture (C°) 18 - 21
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment -
Minimum temperature (C°) -45
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Images

Potentilla glabra unspecified picture

Distribution

Potentilla glabra world distribution map, present in China

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:728148-1
WFO ID wfo-0001018650
COL ID 4M5DB
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
Wikipedia (EN)
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Synonyms

Potentilla glabra Potentilla fruticosa var. mongolica Potentilla fruticosa var. tangutica Potentilla fruticosa var. davurica Potentilla glabra var. rhodocalyx Potentilla fruticosa var. dahurica Potentilla glabra var. glabra

Lower taxons

Potentilla glabra var. veitchii Potentilla glabra var. mandshurica