Potentilla furcata A. E. Porsild (Q4038)

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Potentilla furcata is a taxon with the rank species within the section Potentilla sect. Rubricaules
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Potentilla furcata A. E. Porsild
Potentilla furcata is a taxon with the rank species within the section Potentilla sect. Rubricaules

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    taxon/id/Potentilla furcata A.E. Porsild
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    Potentilla furcata A.E. Porsild
    Potentilla furcata
    A.E. Porsild
    FNA Editorial Committee. 2014. Flora of North America north of Mexico. Volume 9: Magnoliophyta: Picramniaceae to Rosaceae. Oxford University Press, New York.
    accepted
    potentille fourchue (French)
    forked cinquefoil (English)
    Forked cinquefoil (English)
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    University of British Columbia Herbarium (UBC), Vancouver, BC. Specimen. http://www.beatymuseum.ubc.ca/herbarium/index.html
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    University of British Columbia Herbarium (UBC), Vancouver, BC. Specimen. http://www.beatymuseum.ubc.ca/herbarium/index.html
    Flowering spring–summer.
    sandy bluffs
    dry riverbanks
    limestone outcrops
    grassy openings
    dry forests
    dry mountain slopes
    100–2400 m
    Caudex branches usually not sheathed with marcescent whole leaves.
    Stems ascending to erect, (0.5–) 1–3 dm.
    Basal leaves often both ternate and palmate on same plant, sometimes subpalmate, 4–10 cm;
    petiole 2.5–8 cm, long hairs common to abundant, loosely appressed to ascending-spreading, 1–2 mm, weak to ± stiff, ± verrucose, short and/or crisped hairs sparse to abundant, cottony hairs absent, glands sparse to common;
    leaflets 3–5, proximalmost separated by 0 (–2) mm, central oblong to obovate, 1.4–2.5 (–5) × 0.6–1.3 (–2) cm, petiolules 1–3 (–5) mm, distal 2/3–3/4 of margin incised 1/2–3/4+ to midvein, teeth 3–5 per side, 3.5–6 mm, apical tufts 0.5–1 mm, abaxial surfaces grayish white to white, long hairs common to abundant, cottony-crisped hairs usually dense, short hairs and glands absent or obscured, adaxial green to grayish green, long hairs sparse to common, 0.5–1 (–1.5) mm, ± stiff, short and/or crisped hairs sparse to common, sometimes abundant, cottony hairs absent, glands sparse to abundant.
    Cauline leaves 1–3.
    Inflorescences 7–12 (–20) -flowered, ± open, branch angle 5–30 (–50) °.
    Pedicels (0.5–) 1–2 cm, proximal to 3 cm.
    Flowers: epicalyx bractlets linear to narrowly lanceolate, 2–3.5 × 0.6–1 mm;
    hypanthium 2.5–3.5 mm diam.;
    sepals 2.5–4 mm, apex subacute to acute, glands ± common, usually not obscured;
    petals pale-yellow, not overlapping, 3–5 (–6) × 3–4 (–5) mm, slightly longer than sepals;
    filaments 0.8–1.8 mm, anthers 0.4 mm;
    carpels 30–60, styles 0.7–0.9 mm.