Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Rosids: Fabids: Rosales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (6/30/18):
Sibbaldia retusa
FAMILY
Rosaceae
Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Three-toothed Cinquefoil has a slightly woody (suffruticose) stem, as short as it is, and the plant is barely 4-6" tall or long. Read more at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Sibbaldiopsis tridentata
FAMILY
Rosaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
The Biota of North America Program. BONAP (Kartesz, 2015)
Sibbaldia tridentata
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 097-04-008:
Potentilla tridentata
FAMILY
Rosaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Sibbaldiopsis tridentata
COMMON NAME:
Wineleaf Cinqefoil, Mountain Cinqefoil, Three-toothed Cinqefoil, Mountain White Potentilla
To see larger pictures, click or hover over the thumbnails.
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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
Though superficially appearing herbaceous, it is really an evergreen sub-shrub, per Weakley's Flora.
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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.
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (6/30/18):
Sibbaldia retusa
FAMILY
Rosaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Sibbaldiopsis tridentata
FAMILY
Rosaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
The Biota of North America Program. BONAP (Kartesz, 2015)
Sibbaldia tridentata
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 097-04-008:
Potentilla tridentata
FAMILY
Rosaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Sibbaldiopsis tridentata
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Subshrub; Forb
Perennial
Native to North Carolina & Georgia
Documented growing wild in GA NC -
Rare, though sometimes very locally abundant
Look for it on grassy balds, in crevices of rock outcrops at high (rarely moderate) elevations, high elevation glades, per Weakley's Flora
Click here to see a more detailed map from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Herbarium,
or click here to see a map from SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
LEAVES:
Evergreen
Ternately compound
Alternate
FLOWER:
Summer
White
Radially symmetrical
5 united sepals/5 bracts
5 petals
28 stamens (approximately)
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Brown
Achene
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Newcomb's Wildflower Guide p230
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast p157
- Wildflowers of Tennessee p119
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians p153
- Wildflowers & Plant Communities of the Southern Appalachian Mountains and Piedmont p438
- Woody Plants of the Southeastern US: A Winter Guide p324
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains p070