Potentilla virgata Lehm.

Species

Angiosperms > Rosales > Rosaceae > Potentilla

Characteristics

Herbs perennial. Roots terete. Flowering stems erect or ascending, or low and spreading, much branched from base, 15–60 cm tall, together with petioles densely appressed villous or sericeous-pilose. Radical leaves 5–20 cm including petiole; stipules dark brown, membranous, subglabrous; leaf blade palmately 3–5-foliolate; leaflets adaxially green, oblong-lanceolate or obovate-lanceolate, 1.5–10 × 1–2 cm, abaxially densely white tomentose, appressed villous on veins, adaxially densely appressed villous, sometimes glabrescent, base cuneate, margin revolute, 2–8-parted to 2–8-fid on each side, apex acute or acuminate; segments triangular-lanceolate or oblong-lanceolate, 1–3 mm wide, apex acute or acuminate; cauline leaves: stipules green, ovate-lanceolate, herbaceous, abaxially white tomentose, margin entire, rarely dentate. Inflorescence corymbose-cymose, laxly few or many flowered. Flowers 0.8–1 cm in diam.; pedicel slender, 0.8–1.5 cm, tomentose. Sepals triangular-ovate or ovate-lanceolate, apex acuminate; epicalyx segments lanceolate or linear, shorter than sepals, apex obtuse or acute. Petals yellow, obovate, slightly longer than or nearly 2 × as long as sepals, apex emarginate or rounded. Style subterminal, base thickened; stigma slightly dilated. Achenes rugose. Fl. and fr. Jun–Sep.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 0.18 - 0.55
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AprMayJun
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OctNovDec
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Hardiness (USDA) 5-10

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Cultivation

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

Potentilla virgata world distribution map, present in Afghanistan, China, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Liberia, Mongolia, Pakistan, Russian Federation, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:729226-1
WFO ID wfo-0000983724
COL ID 4M69B
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Synonyms

Potentilla dealbata Potentilla virgata Potentilla flabelliformis var. tenuior Potentilla virgata var. virgata

Lower taxons

Potentilla virgata var. pinnatifida