Potentilla nivea Linnaeus (Q4009)

taxon name

Potentilla nivea

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taxon authority

Linnaeus

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taxon rank

species

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taxon status

accepted

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common name

potentille des neiges (French)

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potentille blanc-de-neige (French)

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snow cinquefoil (English)

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snowy cinquefoil (English)

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Snow cinquefoil (English)

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potentille des neiges (English)

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VasCan taxon numeric id

8832

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distribution

CA-AB

present

native

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Moss, E.H. 1983. Flora of Alberta. 2nd edition, revised by J.G. Packer. University of Toronto Press, Toronto. 687 pp.

CA-BC

present

native

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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.

Greenland, GL

present

native

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Böcher, T.W., B. Fredskild, K. Holmen & K. Jakobsen. 1978. Grønlands Flora. P. Haase & Søns Forlag, København. 326 pp.

Labrador, CA

present

native

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Meades, S., S.G. Hay & L. Brouillet. 2000. Annotated Checklist of the Vascular Plants of Newfoundland and Labrador. Published in association with A Digital Flora of Newfoundland and Labrador Vascular Plants. http://www.digitalnaturalhistory.com/meades.htm (consulted 2009-09-02) http://www.digitalnaturalhistory.com/meades.htm

CA-MB

present

native

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Manitoba Checklist, 2002

Newfoundland, CA

present

native

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Meades, S., S.G. Hay & L. Brouillet. 2000. Annotated Checklist of the Vascular Plants of Newfoundland and Labrador. Published in association with A Digital Flora of Newfoundland and Labrador Vascular Plants. http://www.digitalnaturalhistory.com/meades.htm (consulted 2009-09-02) http://www.digitalnaturalhistory.com/meades.htm

CA-NT

present

native

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Porsild, A.E. & W.J. Cody. 1980. Vascular Plants of the Continental Northwest Territories, Canada. National Museum of Natural Sciences, Ottawa, Ont. 667 pp.

CA-NU

present

native

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Aiken, S.G., M.J. Dallwitz, L.L. Consaul, C.L., McJannet, R.L., Boles, G.W. Argus, J.M. Gillett, P.J. Scott, R. Elven, M.C. LeBlanc, L.J. Gillespie, A.K. Brysting, H. Solstad & J.G. Harris. 2007. Flora of the Canadian Arctic Archipelago: Descriptions, Illustrations, Identification, and Information Retrieval. [CD-ROM] NRC Research Press, National Research Council of Canada, Ottawa.

CA-ON

present

native

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Newmaster, S.G., A. Lehela, M.J. Oldham, P.W.C. Uhlig & S. McMurray. 1998. Ontario Plant List. Ontario Forest Research Institute, Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario. Forest Information Paper No. 123. 550 pp.

CA-QC

present

native

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Marie-Victorin, Fr. 1995. Flore laurentienne. 3e éd. Mise à jour et annotée par L. Brouillet, S.G. Hay, I. Goulet, M. Blondeau, J. Cayouette et J. Labrecque. Gaétan Morin éditeur. 1093 pp.

CA-SK

present

native

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Harms, V.L. 2006. Annotated catalogue of Saskatchewan vascular plants. http://www.biodiversity.sk.ca/Docs/AnnotatedCatalogueSKVascPlants2006.pdf

CA-YT

present

native

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Cody, W.J. 2000. Flora of the Yukon Territory. 2nd ed. National Research Press, Ottawa. 669 pp.

Greenland

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CA-AB

Alta.

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CA-BC

B.C.

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CA-MB

Man.

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CA-NL

Nfld. and Labr.

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CA-NT

N.W.T.

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CA-NU

Nunavut

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CA-QC

Que.

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CA-YT

Yukon

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US-AK

Alaska

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US-AZ

Ariz.

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US-CO

Colo.

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US-MT

Mont.

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US-NM

N.Mex.

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US-UT

Utah

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US-WA

Wash.

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US-WY

Wyo.

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Eurasia

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Potentilla sect. Niveae (Rydberg) A. Nelson in J. M. Coulter and A. Nelson

parent taxon

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taxon habit

herb

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GBIF taxon key

5366510

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Global Biodiversity Information Facility

IUCN Redlist Category

NE

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Global Biodiversity Information Facility

phenology

Flowering summer.

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taxon habitat

well-drained

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exposed sites

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ridge crests

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coarse mineral soil

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calcareous substrates

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elevation

400–3800 m

measurement range from

400 meter

measurement range to

3,800 meter

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special status

F

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taxon description fragment

Plants ± tufted.

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d0_s0

Caudex branches stout, not columnar, not sheathed with marcescent whole leaves.

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d0_s1

Stems ascending to erect, (0.3–) 0.5–3 (–4) dm, lengths 1.5–2.5 (–4) times basal leaves.

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d0_s2

Basal leaves (1–) 3–10 (–15) cm;

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d0_s3

petiole (0.5–) 1–6 (–10) cm, long hairs usually absent, sometimes sparse to common (less so than cottony hairs), ± appressed, 1–2 mm, soft, smooth, short-crisped hairs absent or obscured, cottony hairs abundant to dense sometimes sparse with age, glands absent, sparse, or obscured;

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d0_s4

leaflets overlapping, central obovate, 0.5–2 (–4) × (0.2–) 0.4–1.2 (–2) cm, subsessile, base cuneate, margins slightly revolute, distal ± 3/4 incised (1/4–) 1/3–1/2 to midvein, teeth (2–) 3–5 (–6) per side, ± approximate, surfaces dissimilar, often strongly so, abaxial ± white, long hairs 0.8–1.2 mm, cottony-crisped hairs dense, adaxial usually green, sometimes grayish green, long hairs sparse to abundant, short-crisped hairs sparse to common.

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d0_s5

Cauline leaves 0–1.

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d0_s6

Inflorescences 1–5 (–7) -flowered.

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d0_s7

Pedicels 1–4 cm in flower, to 5 cm in fruit.

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d0_s8

Flowers: epicalyx bractlets narrowly to broadly lanceolate or elliptic, (2–) 4–7 × 0.6–1.7 mm, usually 1/4–1/2 as wide as sepals, margins flat, red-glands usually absent, sometimes sparse, inconspicuous;

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d0_s9

hypanthium (2–) 3–4 mm diam.;

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d0_s10

sepals (2.5–) 4–8 mm, apex acute;

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d0_s11

petals (3–) 4–8 × (3–) 5–9 mm, slightly longer than sepals;

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d0_s12

filaments 0.9–1.2 mm, anthers 0.5 mm;

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d0_s13

carpels 20–40, apical hairs absent, styles narrowly columnar or columnar-tapered, strongly papillate-swollen at very base, rarely in proximal 1/5–1/3, 0.7–1.2 mm.

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d0_s14

Achenes 1.1–1.5 mm. 2n = 56, 63;

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d0_s15

28, 42, 49, 70 (Asia, Europe).

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d0_s16

morphology statement

whole organism

arrangement

tufted

more or less

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d0_s0

whole organism

growth form

plant

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d0_s0

inflorescence branch

fragility

stout

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d0_s1

inflorescence branch

columnar

not

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d0_s1

inflorescence branch

sheathed

not

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d0_s1

condition

marcescent

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d0_s1

orientation

ascending

erect

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d0_s2

0.3

0.5

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d0_s2

3

4

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d0_s2

0.5

3

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d0_s2

1.5-2.5(-4) times basal leaves

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d0_s2

1

3

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d0_s3

10

15

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d0_s3

3

10

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d0_s3

leaf petiole

0.5

1

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d0_s4

leaf petiole

6

10

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d0_s4

leaf petiole

1

6

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d0_s4

gland

absent

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d0_s4

gland

count

sparse

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d0_s4

gland

prominence

obscured

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d0_s4

inflorescence phyllaries base

cuneate

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d0_s5

vernation

revolute

slightly

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d0_s5

position

distal

more or less

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d0_s5

3/4

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d0_s5

incised

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d0_s5

1/4

1/3-1/2

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d0_s5

0

1

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d0_s6

inflorescence

1-5(-7)-flowered

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d0_s7

inflorescence pedicel

1

4

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d0_s8

inflorescence pedicel

0

5

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d0_s8

lanceolate

broadly

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d0_s9

elliptic

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d0_s9

atypical length

2

4

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d0_s9

4

7

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d0_s9

width

0.6

1.7

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d0_s9

1/4

1/2

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d0_s9

prominence

flat

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d0_s9

inflorescence flower hypanthium

diameter

2

3

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d0_s10

inflorescence flower hypanthium

diameter

3

4

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d0_s10

inflorescence flower sepal

2.5

4

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d0_s11

inflorescence flower sepal

4

8

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d0_s11

inflorescence flower gynoecium pistil style apex

acute

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d0_s11

atypical length

3

4

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d0_s12

4

8

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d0_s12

atypical width

3

5

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d0_s12

width

5

9

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d0_s12

slightly longer

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d0_s12

inflorescence flower androecium stamens filament

0.9

1.2

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d0_s13

inflorescence flower anther

0.5

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d0_s13

inflorescence flower gynoecium pistil style

columnar

narrowly

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d0_s14

inflorescence flower gynoecium pistil style

columnar-tapered

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d0_s14

inflorescence flower gynoecium pistil style

papillate-swollen

strongly

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d0_s14

chromosome

56

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d0_s15

chromosome

63

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d0_s15

long

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d0_s4

absent

usually

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d0_s4

sparse

common

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d0_s4

fixation

orientation

appressed

more or less

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d0_s4

1

2

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d0_s4

texture

soft

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d0_s4

relief

smooth

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d0_s4

short-crisped

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d0_s4

absent

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d0_s4

prominence

obscured

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d0_s4

cottony

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d0_s4

abundant

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d0_s4

dense

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d0_s4

count

sparse

sometimes

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d0_s4

arrangement

overlapping

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d0_s5

obovate

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d0_s5

atypical length

2

4

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d0_s5

0.5

2

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d0_s5

atypical width

0.2

0.4

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d0_s5

atypical width

1.2

2

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d0_s5

width

0.4

1.2

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d0_s5

subsessile

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d0_s5

coloration

white

often strongly; strongly; more or less

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d0_s5

long

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d0_s5

0.8

1.2

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d0_s5

cottony-crisped

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d0_s5

dense

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d0_s5

coloration

green

usually

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d0_s5

coloration

grayish green

sometimes

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d0_s5

long

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d0_s5

sparse

abundant

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d0_s5

short-crisped

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d0_s5

sparse

common

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d0_s5

inflorescence flower gynoecium pistil carpel

20

40

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d0_s14

absent

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d0_s14

1.1

1.5

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d0_s16

42

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d0_s16

49

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d0_s16

70

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