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WEAKLEY'S FLORA (4/24/22):
Sibbaldiopsis tridentata
FAMILY
Rosaceae
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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
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Sibbaldia tridentata
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America
Sibbaldiopsis tridentata
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Sibbaldia: a molecular phylogenetic study of a remarkably polyphyletic genus in Rosaceae (Eriksson et al., 2015
Sibbaldia retusa
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
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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 (4/24/22):
Sibbaldiopsis tridentata
FAMILY
Rosaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Sibbaldiopsis tridentata
FAMILY
Rosaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Sibbaldia tridentata
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America
Sibbaldiopsis tridentata
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Sibbaldia: a molecular phylogenetic study of a remarkably polyphyletic genus in Rosaceae (Eriksson et al., 2015
Sibbaldia retusa
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
Perennial
Native to North Carolina & Georgia
Rare, though sometimes very locally abundant
Habitat: Grassy balds, crevices of rock outcrops at high (rarely moderate, or northwards at low) elevations, high elevation glades, sometimes locally abundant, per Weakley's Flora
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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
- Field Guide to the Rare Plants of Georgia p357
- 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