Potentilla nivea Linnaeus (Q4009)

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

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    taxon/id/Potentilla nivea Linnaeus
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    Potentilla nivea Linnaeus
    Potentilla nivea
    Linnaeus
    FNA Editorial Committee. 2014. Flora of North America north of Mexico. Volume 9: Magnoliophyta: Picramniaceae to Rosaceae. Oxford University Press, New York.
    accepted
    potentille des neiges (French)
    potentille blanc-de-neige (French)
    snow cinquefoil (English)
    snowy cinquefoil (English)
    Snow cinquefoil (English)
    potentille des neiges (English)
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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.
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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
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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
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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
    Newfoundland, CA
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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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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    Harms, V.L. 2006. Annotated catalogue of Saskatchewan vascular plants. http://www.biodiversity.sk.ca/Docs/AnnotatedCatalogueSKVascPlants2006.pdf
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    Cody, W.J. 2000. Flora of the Yukon Territory. 2nd ed. National Research Press, Ottawa. 669 pp.
    Greenland
    Eurasia
    Flowering summer.
    well-drained
    exposed sites
    ridge crests
    coarse mineral soil
    calcareous substrates
    Caudex branches stout, not columnar, not sheathed with marcescent whole leaves.
    Stems ascending to erect, (0.3–) 0.5–3 (–4) dm, lengths 1.5–2.5 (–4) times basal leaves.
    Basal leaves (1–) 3–10 (–15) cm;
    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;
    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.
    Cauline leaves 0–1.
    Inflorescences 1–5 (–7) -flowered.
    Pedicels 1–4 cm in flower, to 5 cm in fruit.
    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;
    hypanthium (2–) 3–4 mm diam.;
    sepals (2.5–) 4–8 mm, apex acute;
    petals (3–) 4–8 × (3–) 5–9 mm, slightly longer than sepals;
    filaments 0.9–1.2 mm, anthers 0.5 mm;
    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.
    Achenes 1.1–1.5 mm. 2n = 56, 63;
    28, 42, 49, 70 (Asia, Europe).