Potentilla canadensis Linnaeus (Q3951)

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Potentilla canadensis is a taxon with the rank species within the section Potentilla sect. Potentilla
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Potentilla canadensis Linnaeus
Potentilla canadensis is a taxon with the rank species within the section Potentilla sect. Potentilla

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    taxon/id/Potentilla canadensis Linnaeus
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    Potentilla canadensis Linnaeus
    Potentilla canadensis
    Linnaeus
    FNA Editorial Committee. 2014. Flora of North America north of Mexico. Volume 9: Magnoliophyta: Picramniaceae to Rosaceae. Oxford University Press, New York.
    accepted
    Potentilla canadensis
    potentille du Canada (French)
    Canada cinquefoil (English)
    dwarf cinquefoil (English)
    Dwarf cinquefoil (English)
    1 reference
    FNA Editorial Committee. 2014. Flora of North America north of Mexico. Volume 9: Magnoliophyta: Picramniaceae to Rosaceae. Oxford University Press, New York. http://www.efloras.org/volume_page.aspx?volume_id=1009&flora_id=1
    1 reference
    FNA Editorial Committee. 2014. Flora of North America north of Mexico. Volume 9: Magnoliophyta: Picramniaceae to Rosaceae. Oxford University Press, New York. http://www.efloras.org/volume_page.aspx?volume_id=1009&flora_id=1
    1 reference
    FNA Editorial Committee. 2014. Flora of North America north of Mexico. Volume 9: Magnoliophyta: Picramniaceae to Rosaceae. Oxford University Press, New York. http://www.efloras.org/volume_page.aspx?volume_id=1009&flora_id=1
    1 reference
    FNA Editorial Committee. 2014. Flora of North America north of Mexico. Volume 9: Magnoliophyta: Picramniaceae to Rosaceae. Oxford University Press, New York. http://www.efloras.org/volume_page.aspx?volume_id=1009&flora_id=1
    1 reference
    Roland, A.E. & E.C. Smith. 1969. The Flora of Nova Scotia. Nova Scotia Museum, Halifax, N.S. [Reprinted from Proc. N.S. Inst. Sci. 26]
    Newfoundland, CA
    1 reference
    FNA Editorial Committee. 2014. Flora of North America north of Mexico. Volume 9: Magnoliophyta: Picramniaceae to Rosaceae. Oxford University Press, New York. http://www.efloras.org/volume_page.aspx?volume_id=1009&flora_id=1
    Flowering late Mar–early Jun.
    dry flats
    slopes
    pastures
    roadsides
    cherty slopes
    dry meadows
    conifer woodlands
    acidic soil
    0–1500 m
    Rootstocks erect, stout, 0.5–2 cm.
    Stems initially ascending to erect, soon becoming prostrate, flagelliform, not branched, eventually rooting at some nodes, (0.3–) 0.5–12 dm.
    Basal leaves ± persistent, usually palmate, 2–9 (–11) cm;
    petiole 1–7 (–8) cm, long hairs abundant to dense, appressed to spreading, 1.5–3 mm, mostly ± weak, glands absent or sparse;
    leaflets (3–) 5 (–7), central mostly ± obovate to cuneate, sometimes narrowly so, (0.5–) 1–4 (–6) × (0.5–) 0.8–2 (–3) cm, distal 1/2 of margin incised 1/4–1/3 to midvein, teeth 2–7 per side, surfaces similar to ± dissimilar, abaxial green to silvery white, sparsely to densely hairy, adaxial green, sparsely to moderately hairy.
    Cauline leaves 0–1 proximal to 1st flowering node, not fully expanded at anthesis, usually palmate, 2–7 (–9) cm;
    petiole (0.5–) 1–6 (–7.5) cm;
    leaflets (3–) 5, ± resembling those of basal leaves, apex rounded to obtuse.
    Inflorescences solitary flowers at stolon nodes.
    Pedicels (1–) 2–5 (–9) cm.
    Flowers 5-merous;
    epicalyx bractlets linear to lanceolate-elliptic, (2–) 3–5 (–6) × 0.8–1.5 mm, slightly smaller than to ± equal to sepals;
    hypanthium 2.5–5 mm diam.;
    sepals (2–) 3–5 (–6) mm, apex acute;
    petals 4–6 (–8) × 3.5–6.5 (–8) mm, apex rounded to slightly retuse;
    stamens ca. 20, filaments 0.5–2 mm, anthers 0.4–1 mm;
    carpels 20–40, styles 0.8–1.4 mm.