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'''Common names''' Slender cinquefoil
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*Scientific Name: ''Potentilla gracilis'' var. ''gracilis''
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*Family: ''Rosaceae''
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*Common names: slender cinquefoil, graceful cinquefoil
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*Synonyms/Misapplications: ''Potentilla gracilis'' vars. ''fastigiata, glabrata, permollis, Potentilla fastigiata, P. glomerata, P. macropetala, P. longipedunculata''
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*Codon: POTGRA
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[[File:POGR BenLegler flw avg.jpg|thumb|Photo by Ben Legler, also featured on Main Page]]
  
'''Abbreviation code''' POGR
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===Taxonomy===
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{{Taxobox
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| name =
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| regnum = [[Plant]]ae
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| subregnum = Viridiplantae
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| phylum = Tracheophyta
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| subphylum= Spermatophytina
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| classis = Magnoliopsida
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| subclassis = Rosanae
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| ordo = Rosales
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| familia = Rosaceae
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| genus = ''Potentilla'' L.
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| species = '''''Potentilla gracilis''''' Douglas ex Hook.
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| subspecies = '''''Potentilla gracilis'' var. ''gracilis''''' Douglas ex Hook.
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| synonyms = *''Potentilla macropetala'' Rydb.
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*''Potentilla longipedunculata'' Rydb.
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}}
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<ref>Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved from https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=24715#null</ref>
  
==Taxonomy==
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===Description===
*Kingdom: Plantae
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Highly variable native perennial from rising from a branched crown, erect to slightly spreading stems, 4-8 dm tall. 5 varieties are intergrading.
*(unranked): Angiosperms
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*(unranked): Eudicots
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*Order: Rosales
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*Family: Rosaceae
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*Subfamily: Rosoideae
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*Genus: Potentilla
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*Species: P. gracilis
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==Description==
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Basal leaves are numerous, the leaves are white woolly on the underside, bear large stipules, comprised of 5-9 leaflets, oblong-eliptic, margins deeply toothed.
General: Highly variable perennial from a branched crown, the several ascending or erect stems 4-8 dm. tall.
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Leaves: Basal leaves numerous, with petioles to 3 dm. long, palmately divided; the leaflets 7-9, broadly oblanceolate to oblong-elliptic, varying from glabrous and green on both surfaces to hairy above and white-woolly below, toothed to deeply dissected; cauline leaves 1-2, reduced; stipules up to 2.5 cm. long, entire to lacerate.
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Inflorescence large, many-flowered, open, somewhat flat-topped; calyx 6-10 mm. broad, the 5 lobes 4-10 mm. long, ovate-lanceolate, the alternating bracteoles narrowly lanceolate, nearly as long; petals 5, yellow, obcordate, longer than the sepals; stamens 20; pistils numerous, the style slender, sub-terminal on the achene and the same length.
  
Flowers: Inflorescence large, many-flowered, open, somewhat flat-topped; calyx 6-10 mm. broad, the 5 lobes 4-10 mm. long, ovate-lanceolate, the alternating bracteoles narrowly lanceolate, nearly as long; petals 5, yellow, obcordate, longer than the sepals; stamens 20; pistils numerous, the style slender, sub-terminal on the achene and the same length.
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Fruit is an achene 1.5-2 mm. long, smooth, greenish.<ref>Klinkenberg, Brian. (Editor) 2020. ''E-Flora BC: Electronic Atlas of the Plants of British Columbia'' [eflora.bc.ca]. Lab for Advanced Spatial Analysis, Department of Geography, University of British Columbia, Vancouver. [Accessed:2020-05-09]</ref><ref name=":0">Bowcutt, F., & Hamman, Sarah. (2016). ''Vascular plants
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of the South Sound prairies'' (First ed.). Olympia, Washington: The Evergreen
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State College Press.</ref>
  
Fruit: Achene 1.5-2 mm. long, smooth, greenish.
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===Bloom Period===
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July - August.<ref name=":0" />
  
==Bloom Period==
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===Distribution===
==Distribution==
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Alaska south, on both sides of Cascades, to California, east to Quebec, Montana, Colorado and Arizona.<ref name=":1">MacKinnon, A., Pojar, Jim, & Alaback, Paul B. (2004). ''Plants
==Habitat==
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of the Pacific Northwest coast : Washington, Oregon, British Columbia &
==Uses==
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Alaska'' (Rev. ed.). Vancouver: Lone Pine Pub.</ref>
==Propagation==
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==Photo Gallery==
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===Habitat===
==References==
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Damp to seasonally damp meadows, flatlands, sagebrush steppes, open forest.<ref name=":1" />
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===Uses===
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Wildlife: Medium palatability for browsing and grazing animals.
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First Nations: Sx̌ʷyʔiɬpx use, infusion of pounded root as a blood tonic, antidiarrheal, and general tonic for aches and wash for sores. Nlaka'pamux use as root and leaf poultice, mixed with subalpine fir pitch, used as a drawing medicine on wounds.<ref>Native American Ethnobotany Database. Retrieved from <nowiki>http://naeb.brit.org/uses/search/?string=potentilla+gracilis</nowiki></ref>
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===Propagation===
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===Photo Gallery===
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<gallery>
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File:POTGRA2.jpg|photo by Ben Legler
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File:POTGRA3.jpg|photo by Ben Legler
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File:POTGRA4.jpg|young growth, courtesy of CNLM
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File:POTGRA5.jpg|seedling, courtesy of CNLM
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File:POGR LisaHintz sd 2012.jpg|seeds, photo by Lisa Hintz
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</gallery>
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===References===

Latest revision as of 23:30, 20 March 2021

  • Scientific Name: Potentilla gracilis var. gracilis
  • Family: Rosaceae
  • Common names: slender cinquefoil, graceful cinquefoil
  • Synonyms/Misapplications: Potentilla gracilis vars. fastigiata, glabrata, permollis, Potentilla fastigiata, P. glomerata, P. macropetala, P. longipedunculata
  • Codon: POTGRA

Photo by Ben Legler, also featured on Main Page

Taxonomy

Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Subkingdom: Viridiplantae
Phylum: Tracheophyta
Subphylum: Spermatophytina
Class: Magnoliopsida
Subclass: Rosanae
Order: Rosales
Family: Rosaceae
Genus: Potentilla L.
Species: Potentilla gracilis Douglas ex Hook.
Subspecies: Potentilla gracilis var. gracilis Douglas ex Hook.
Synonyms
  • Potentilla macropetala Rydb.
  • Potentilla longipedunculata Rydb.

[1]

Description

Highly variable native perennial from rising from a branched crown, erect to slightly spreading stems, 4-8 dm tall. 5 varieties are intergrading.

Basal leaves are numerous, the leaves are white woolly on the underside, bear large stipules, comprised of 5-9 leaflets, oblong-eliptic, margins deeply toothed.

Inflorescence large, many-flowered, open, somewhat flat-topped; calyx 6-10 mm. broad, the 5 lobes 4-10 mm. long, ovate-lanceolate, the alternating bracteoles narrowly lanceolate, nearly as long; petals 5, yellow, obcordate, longer than the sepals; stamens 20; pistils numerous, the style slender, sub-terminal on the achene and the same length.

Fruit is an achene 1.5-2 mm. long, smooth, greenish.[2][3]

Bloom Period

July - August.[3]

Distribution

Alaska south, on both sides of Cascades, to California, east to Quebec, Montana, Colorado and Arizona.[4]

Habitat

Damp to seasonally damp meadows, flatlands, sagebrush steppes, open forest.[4]

Uses

Wildlife: Medium palatability for browsing and grazing animals.

First Nations: Sx̌ʷyʔiɬpx use, infusion of pounded root as a blood tonic, antidiarrheal, and general tonic for aches and wash for sores. Nlaka'pamux use as root and leaf poultice, mixed with subalpine fir pitch, used as a drawing medicine on wounds.[5]

Propagation

Photo Gallery

References

  1. Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved from https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=24715#null
  2. Klinkenberg, Brian. (Editor) 2020. E-Flora BC: Electronic Atlas of the Plants of British Columbia [eflora.bc.ca]. Lab for Advanced Spatial Analysis, Department of Geography, University of British Columbia, Vancouver. [Accessed:2020-05-09]
  3. 3.0 3.1 Bowcutt, F., & Hamman, Sarah. (2016). Vascular plants of the South Sound prairies (First ed.). Olympia, Washington: The Evergreen State College Press.
  4. 4.0 4.1 MacKinnon, A., Pojar, Jim, & Alaback, Paul B. (2004). Plants of the Pacific Northwest coast : Washington, Oregon, British Columbia & Alaska (Rev. ed.). Vancouver: Lone Pine Pub.
  5. Native American Ethnobotany Database. Retrieved from http://naeb.brit.org/uses/search/?string=potentilla+gracilis