Family | ROSACEAE |
Genus species | Potentilla concinna Richardson |
Synonyms | Potentilla divisa (Rydb.) Rydb. |
Potentilla humifusa Nutt. | |
Potentilla oblanceolata Rydb. | |
Habitat | dry, stony grassland |
Altitude | 600-3900m |
Description | taproot, hirsute or glabrous, basal leaves pinnate, segments 5-9pairs, oblong, dentate or incised, cyme small, 3-7-flowered |
Size | 2-15cm |
Color | yellow |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | + |
Type | tuft |
Cultivation | sunny site with a deep, drained soil alpine house, rich, drained soil, sun |
Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 18-21°C cuttings in late summer and fall |
Territory |
Northern America
Western Canada (Alberta , Manitoba , Saskatchewan ) Northwestern U.S.A. (Colorado , Montana , Wyoming ) North-Central U.S.A. (North Dakota , South Dakota ) Southwestern U.S.A. (Arizona , Utah ) South-Central U.S.A. (New Mexico ) Mexico (Mexico Northeast) |
Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
Comments | ROSACEAE
concinna proxima (Rydb.) S.L.Welsh & B.C.Johnst., Great Basin Naturalist 42: 25, 34 (1982)
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