Potentilla gracilis var. elmeri (Rydberg) Jepson (Q3993)

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Potentilla gracilis var. elmeri is a taxon with the rank variety within the species Potentilla gracilis
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Potentilla gracilis var. elmeri (Rydberg) Jepson
Potentilla gracilis var. elmeri is a taxon with the rank variety within the species Potentilla gracilis

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    taxon/id/Potentilla gracilis var. elmeri (Rydberg) Jepson
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    Potentilla gracilis var. elmeri (Rydberg) Jepson
    Potentilla gracilis var. elmeri
    (Rydberg) Jepson
    FNA Editorial Committee. 2014. Flora of North America north of Mexico. Volume 9: Magnoliophyta: Picramniaceae to Rosaceae. Oxford University Press, New York.
    accepted
    Potentilla gracilis var. elmeri
    comb-leaved cinquefoil (English)
    Elmer's cinquefoil (English)
    Elmer’s or combleaf cinquefoil (English)
    Flowering summer.
    vernally moist meadows
    dry gravelly flats
    slopes
    sagebrush communities
    conifer woodlands
    1300–3300 m
    Stems (1.5–) 2–6 (–8) dm.
    Basal leaves: petiole 2–15 (–25) cm, long hairs common to dense, usually tightly appressed, sometimes ascending to spreading, 0.5–2.5 mm, stiff, crisped hairs absent or sparse, cottony hairs absent, glands absent or sparse;
    leaflets 5–7, usually ± overlapping, largest mostly oblanceolate to narrowly obovate, 2–6 (–9) × 1.5–2.5 cm, margins flat to ± revolute, distal 3/4 to nearly whole length evenly incised 3/4+ to midvein, undivided medial blade 2–4 mm wide, teeth (5–) 6–10 per side, not secondarily toothed, linear, 3–13 (–20) mm, surfaces usually ± dissimilar, abaxial grayish to whitish, long hairs abundant to dense, crisped hairs sparse to abundant, cottony hairs usually absent, glands absent or sparse, adaxial green to grayish, long hairs ± abundant, rarely dense, crisped hairs absent or sparse, cottony hairs absent, glands absent or sparse.
    Flowers: epicalyx bractlets 2.5–5 × 0.5–1.2 (–1.5) mm;
    hypanthium 3.5–5 mm diam.;
    petals 4–7 (–8) × (3–) 5–10 mm;
    carpels (20–) 30–50, styles 1.5–3 mm.
    Achenes 1–1.3 mm. 2n = 42.