Potentilla microphylla D.Don

Species

Angiosperms > Rosales > Rosaceae > Potentilla

Characteristics

Herbs perennial, low, usually tufted and pulvinate. Flowering stems erect, 2–3 cm tall, appressed white pilose. Radical leaves 0.5–6 cm including petiole, crowded or not; auricles of stipules free; petiole short, appressed pilose; leaf blade pinnate with 2–9 pairs of leaflets; leaflets elliptic or obovate, 2–4 × 1.5–2.5 mm, abaxially sericeous-pilose, later glabrescent, adaxially glabrescent, or both surfaces glabrous, margin pinnately lobed or parted, apex obtuse or acute; lobes or segments lanceolate; cauline leaf 1, small, margin entire or parted. Flower 1(or 2), 1–1.5 cm in diam.; pedicel 2–12 mm, appressed pilose. Sepals triangular-ovate, apex obtuse or acute; epicalyx segments lanceolate or elliptic-lanceolate, margin entire or 2-lobed. Petals yellow, elliptic to obovate, apex rounded. Style lateral; stigma slightly dilated. Achenes rugose. Fl. and fr. Jun–Aug.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support -
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 0.02 - 0.03
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Flower color
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Fruiting months
JanFebMar
AprMayJun
JulAugSep
OctNovDec
Nitrogen fixer -
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Environment

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Usage

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

Cultivation

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

Potentilla microphylla world distribution map, present in China

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:728492-1
WFO ID wfo-0001018144
COL ID 77VP9
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Potentilla microphylla var. microphylla Potentilla microphylla var. glabriuscula Potentilla microphylla Potentilla microphylla var. glabruiscula

Lower taxons

Potentilla microphylla var. tapetodes