Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Rosids: Fabids: Rosales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Sibbaldia tridentata
FAMILY
Rosaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Sibbaldiopsis tridentata
FAMILY
Rosaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (1968) 097-04-008:
Potentilla tridentata
FAMILY
Rosaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Sibbaldiopsis tridentata
COMMON NAME:
Wine-leaf Cinqefoil, Mountain Cinqefoil, Three-toothed Cinqefoil, Mountain White Potentilla
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_sitr3_001_lvd
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Diane Creaton dmc03298
June Avery County NC
The Roan Highlands
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JK Marlow jkm100626_146
June Avery County NC
The Roan Highlands
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Keith Bradley kab_s_tridentata_9860
June Buncombe County NC
Blue Ridge Parkway
White flowers, borne on thin wiry stems 2-12" long, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians.
COMPARE
flowers of Cinquefoil and Strawberry species
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Keith Bradley kab_s_tridentata_9864
June Buncombe County NC
Blue Ridge Parkway
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JK Marlow jkm0407t_30
July Mitchell County NC
The Roan Highlands
The leaflets are wedge-shaped and have 3 teeth at the apex, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains.