Sibbaldia purpurea Royle

Species

Angiosperms > Rosales > Rosaceae > Sibbaldia

Characteristics

Herbs perennial, woody based. Rhizome much branched. Flowering stems ascending, 4–10 cm tall, appressed pilose. Radical leaves 1.5–4 cm including petiole; stipules dark brown, membranous, abaxially sparsely sericeous-villous or subglabrous; petiole appressed pilose; leaf blade palmately 5-foliolate; leaflets sessile or subsessile, obovate or obovate-oblong, 5–10 × 3–6 mm, subequal, both surfaces appressed white villous or sericeous-villous, base cuneate or broadly so, margin usually 2-or 3-serrate, apex obtuse. Inflorescence axillary, corymbose and many flowered or a solitary flower. Flowers 4–6 mm in diam., unisexual or bisexual, shorter or longer than subtending leaf. Sepals triangular-ovate, apex acute; epicalyx segments lanceolate, slightly shorter than sepals, abaxially sparsely white pilose, apex acute. Petals 5, purple-red, obovate-oblong, apex emarginate. Disk well developed, purple-red. Stamens 5, alternating with petals. Style lateral. Achenes ovoid, purple-brown, glabrous. Fl. and fr. Jun–Aug.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Images

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Distribution

Sibbaldia purpurea world distribution map, present in China and Pakistan

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:741490-1
WFO ID wfo-0000985915
COL ID 4X5SG
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Synonyms

Sibbaldia purpurea Potentilla purpurea Sibbaldia purpurea var. purpurea

Lower taxons

Sibbaldia purpurea var. macropetala