Potentilla biennis Greene (Q3962)

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Potentilla biennis is a taxon with the rank species within the section Potentilla sect. Rivales
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Potentilla biennis Greene
Potentilla biennis is a taxon with the rank species within the section Potentilla sect. Rivales

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    taxon/id/Potentilla biennis Greene
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    Potentilla biennis Greene
    Potentilla biennis
    FNA Editorial Committee. 2014. Flora of North America north of Mexico. Volume 9: Magnoliophyta: Picramniaceae to Rosaceae. Oxford University Press, New York.
    accepted
    potentille bisannuelle (French)
    biennial cinquefoil (English)
    Greene's cinquefoil (English)
    Biennial or Greene’s cinquefoil (English)
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    Douglas, G.W., G.B. Straley, D.V. Meidinger & J. Pojar. 1998. Illustrated Flora of British Columbia. B.C. Ministry of Environment, Lands & Parks and B.C. Ministry of Forests. Victoria. Crown Publications. 8 vols.
    1 reference
    Cody, W.J. 2000. Flora of the Yukon Territory. 2nd ed. National Research Press, Ottawa. 669 pp.
    Flowering summer.
    moist meadows
    stream banks
    ditches
    seepages
    Stems ascending to erect, (1–) 2–6 (–8.5) dm, hairs at base not stiff, not tubercle-based, glands sparse to abundant, conspicuous (to 1 mm, septate).
    Leaves ternate, (2–) 4–12 (–25) cm;
    petiole (1–) 2–8 (–20) cm, long hairs sparse to common, spreading to ascending, 0.5–1.5 (–3) mm, weak, crisped hairs usually absent, glands sparse to abundant, conspicuous (to 1 mm, septate);
    leaflets 3, at tip of leaf axis, usually overlapping, largest ones mostly obovate or oval to nearly round, (0.5–) 1–3 (–4) × 0.3–3 (–3.5) cm, distal 3/4 to ± whole margin evenly to unevenly incised 1/4–1/3 (–1/2) to midvein, teeth 3–8 (–13) per side, surfaces sparsely to moderately hairy, rarely glabrate, glands sparse to abundant at least abaxially.
    Inflorescences (10–) 20–70+-flowered.
    Pedicels 0.2–1 (–2) cm.
    Flowers: epicalyx bractlets narrowly oblanceolate to narrowly obovate or elliptic, (1.5–) 2–3.5 (–4.5) × 0.5–1.5 (–2) mm;
    hypanthium (2–) 3–4 (–5.5) mm diam.;
    sepals (2–) 3–5 mm, apex broadly acute to obtuse;
    petals pale-yellow to yellow, broadly oblanceolate to obovate, (1–) 2–2.7 × 1.5 mm;
    stamens 10 or 15, filaments 0.5–1.2 mm, anthers 0.2–0.3 mm;
    carpels 40–100, styles 0.5–0.7 mm.
    Achenes whitish or pale yellowish, 0.5–0.9 mm, smooth, without a corky protuberance.