...Variable
...Dry
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Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Rosids: Fabids: Rosales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Potentilla recta
FAMILY
Rosaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Potentilla recta
FAMILY
Rosaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (1968) 097-04-006:
Potentilla recta
FAMILY
Rosaceae
COMMON NAME:
Rough-fruited Cinquefoil, Sulphur Cinquefoil, Sulphur Five-fingers
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_pore5_001_lvd
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JK Marlow jkm090523_036
May Greenville County SC
Roadside
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JK Marlow jkm090523_039
May Greenville County SC
Roadside
Pollinator at work.
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JK Marlow s090523_h
May Greenville County SC
Roadside
Leaves palmately compound, stipules pectinate [comb-like] to entire, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
COMPARE
leaves of Fragaria and Potentilla
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JK Marlow jkm0506a_17
June Greenville County SC
Field
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JK Marlow jkm0506a_18
June Greenville County SC
Field
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JK Marlow jkm0506a_19
June Greenville County SC
Field
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_p_recta_sulphur
June
The 5 petals are pale yellow & shallowly notched on the rounded tip, per Wildflowers of Tennessee.
COMPARE
flowers of Cinquefoil and Strawberry species
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_p_recta_sulphur_2
June
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JK Marlow s050626_f
June Jackson County NC
Blue Ridge Parkway
Leaflets coarsely serrate to narrowly pectinate [comb-like], per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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JK Marlow jkm060710_127
July Tucker County WV
Monongahela National Forest
Petals 8-15 mm long, pale (sulphur) yellow, per Weakley's Flora.
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JK Marlow jkm060710_130
July Tucker County WV
Monongahela National Forest
Pollinator at work.