Potentilla inclinata Vill.

Ashy cinquefoil (en), Potentille inclinée (fr), Potentille grisâtre (fr)

Species

Angiosperms > Rosales > Rosaceae > Potentilla

Characteristics

Stems ascending to erect, (1–)1.5–5 dm. Basal leaves palmate. Cauline leaves 3–9, proximal ones 5–10(–14) cm; proximal petioles 2–6(–8) cm, long hairs sparse to common, spreading to loosely appressed, 1.5–3 mm, soft to weak, short or crisped hairs abundant, cottony hairs mostly absent, glands sparse to common, usually obscured; leaflets 5–7, central one usually ± oblanceolate, (1.5–)2–5 × 0.5–1.5 cm, margins flat or ± revolute, distal (1/2–)3/4+ usually evenly incised 1/2 to midvein, teeth 4–6(–10) per side, surfaces ± dissimilar, abaxial grayish to gray-green, long hairs sparse to common (especially on veins), 1–2.5 mm, soft to weak, short or crisped hairs ± abundant, sometimes sparse, cottony hairs absent, glands ± sparse (usually obscured), adaxial long hairs usually sparse, sometimes absent, 1–2 mm, short hairs absent or sparse, crisped and cottony hairs absent, glands absent or sparse. Inflorescences 10–50+-flowered. Pedicels 0.3–1.5(–3) cm. Flowers: epicalyx bractlets lanceolate or elliptic to oblong, 3–6 × 1–1.5 mm, length ± 1 times sepals; sepals 3.5–6.5 mm, apex acute to acuminate; petals 4–7(–8) × 4–5(–6) mm; filaments 0.8–2.5 mm, anthers (0.5–)0.8–1.2 mm; carpels 80–100+, styles 0.8–1.1 mm, scarcely papillate-swollen proximally. Achenes 1 mm, lightly rugose. 2n = 14, 28, 35, 42, 84 (Eurasia).
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Herbs perennial. Roots robust, terete. Flowering stems erect or ascending, 12–40 cm tall, together with petioles villous, pubescent, and sparsely tomentose. Radical leaves usually withered after anthesis; stipules brown, membranous, abaxially villous; leaf blade palmately 5(–7)-foliolate; leaflets adaxially green, obovate-oblong or obovate-lanceolate, abaxially canescent tomentose, glabrescent, adaxially appressed pilose, base cuneate, margin coarsely regularly serrate, apex obtuse; cauline leaves resembling radical ones but smaller and petiole shorter to absent; stipules green, ovate-lanceolate, herbaceous, abaxially tomentose and villous, margin entire or 1-or 2-serrate. Inflorescence corymbose-cymose or paniculate-cymose, laxly many flowered. Flowers ca. 1 cm in diam.; pedicel 1–1.5 cm, sparsely tomentose and villous. Sepals triangular-lanceolate to oblong-ovate, apex acute to acuminate; epicalyx segments linear-lanceolate, shorter than or rarely nearly equaling sepals, abaxially villous and pubescent, apex acute. Petals yellow, ovate, slightly longer than sepals, apex emarginate or subrounded. Style subterminal, base thickened; stigma slightly thickened. Achenes rugose. Fl. and fr. Jun–Sep.
(P. canescens), a European sp. rarely intr. in our range, differs from P. argentea most notably in having some long, spreading, simple hairs on the stem, and also some long, simple hairs on the lf-veins beneath, in addition to the tomentum.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support -
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination entomogamy
Spread barochory
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 0.14 - 0.45
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 3-5
Soil acidity -
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 4-9

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°) -
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Images

Leaf

Potentilla inclinata leaf picture by Ugoline Jacquot (cc-by-sa)
Potentilla inclinata leaf picture by Stéphanie Tschann (cc-by-sa)

Flower

Potentilla inclinata flower picture by Ugoline Jacquot (cc-by-sa)
Potentilla inclinata flower picture by Martin Bishop (cc-by-sa)

Distribution

Potentilla inclinata world distribution map, present in Albania, Austria, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Belarus, Canada, Switzerland, China, Czech Republic, Germany, Estonia, France, Greece, Croatia, Hungary, Iran (Islamic Republic of), Italy, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Liberia, Lithuania, Latvia, North Macedonia, Montenegro, Poland, Romania, Russian Federation, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Tajikistan, Turkey, Ukraine, United States of America, Uzbekistan, and South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:728285-1
WFO ID wfo-0001016321
COL ID 4M5GS
BDTFX ID 52671
INPN ID 115526
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Potentilla incrassata Potentilla impolita Potentilla canescens Hypargyrium suberectum Potentilla baumgarteniana Potentilla polyodonta Potentilla uechtritzii Potentilla dichtliana Potentilla arthuriana Potentilla fissidens Potentilla bohemica Potentilla ascendens Potentilla husztensis Potentilla intercedens Potentilla oligotricha Potentilla szalatnyensis Potentilla inclinata Potentilla x var. subrecta Potentilla curvidens Potentilla sadleri Potentilla hungarica Potentilla x fussii Potentilla podolica Potentilla x hoelzlii Potentilla vinosa Potentilla crassicaulis Potentilla subrecta Potentilla loddigesii Potentilla assurgens Potentilla canescens var. inclinata Potentilla argentea var. inclinata Potentilla canescens var. fissidens Potentilla adscendens var. sadleri Potentilla varia var. canescens Potentilla canescens var. polytricha Potentilla canescens var. fallax Potentilla canescens var. incrassata Potentilla canescens var. polyodonta Potentilla canescens var. podolica Potentilla canescens var. bohemica Potentilla inclinata var. canescens Potentilla argentea subsp. impolita Potentilla argentea subsp. inclinata Potentilla assurgens subsp. inclinata Potentilla canescens var. adscendens Potentilla inclinata var. adscendens Potentilla inclinata subsp. subrecta Potentilla intermedia var. canescens Potentilla intermedia subsp. inclinata Potentilla canescens var. leiotricha Potentilla canescens var. pycnotricha Potentilla canescens var. macrocephala Potentilla inclinata subsp. adscendens Potentilla adscendens var. baumgarteniana Potentilla canescens subsp. baumgarteniana Potentilla adscendens var. oligotricha Potentilla inclinata var. oligotricha Potentilla inclinata var. sadleri Potentilla inclinata var. baumgarteniana Potentilla argentea var. canescens Potentilla adscendens subsp. polyodonta Potentilla inclinata var. hungarica