Potentilla douglasii

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Potentilla douglasii
Horkelia fusca.jpg
Status TNC G5.svg
Secure  (NatureServe) [1]
Scientific classification OOjs UI icon edit-ltr.svg
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Rosales
Family: Rosaceae
Genus: Potentilla
Species:
P. douglasii
Binomial name
Potentilla douglasii
Greene
Synonyms
  • Horkelia fusca Lindl.
  • Horkelia fusca var. typicaD.D.Keck

Potentilla douglasii is a species of flowering plant in the rose family [2] known by several common names, including pinewoods horkelia and dusky horkelia. It is native to the western United States from California to Wyoming, where it is generally found in mountain forests and meadows.

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Description

Potentilla douglasii grows as a perennial herb and forms a thick tuft of leaves, each growing erect up to 15 centimeters tall. Each leaf is made up of wedge-shaped or rounded leaflets with toothed or lobed edges. These are often gray-green and somewhat hairy. The brown or reddish hairy stem reaches a maximum height near 60 centimeters and holds an inflorescence of several clusters of flowers. Each flower has small, pointed bractlets beneath larger green, red, or magenta sepals and five white to pinkish petals. The center of the flower has a ring of ten stamens around a bunch of 10 to 20 small pistils.

Taxonomy

The following varieties are recognised: [2]

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References

  1. NatureServe (2 June 2023). "Horkelia fusca". NatureServe Network Biodiversity Location Data accessed through NatureServe Explorer. Arlington, Virginia: NatureServe. Retrieved 20 June 2023.
  2. 1 2 "Potentilla douglasii Greene | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 2024-06-10.