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Sibbaldia tridentata (Aiton) Paule & Soják  
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FamilyROSACEAE
Genus speciesSibbaldia tridentata (Aiton) Paule & Soják 
BibliographyČas. Nár. Muz., Řada Přír. 178: 16 (2009)
Native RangeGreenland to nc. & e. USA
Primary BiomeTemperate
Habitatrocky slopes
Altitude0-1900m
Descriptionbasal leaves ternate, leaflets rigid, oblong-lanceolate, entire, except of three denticles at truncate apex, glabrous, cyme few flowered, bracts lanceolate
Size5-15cm
Colorpinkish, white
Bloomsummer
Ca
Typesubshrub
Cultivationsunny rock crevices, protection against winter wet
alpine house, poor, drained soil, sun
Propagationseed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 18-21°C
cuttings in late summer and fall
SynonymsPotentilla retusa O.F.Müll.
Potentilla tridentata Aiton
Potentilla tridentata f. aurora Graustein
Potentilla tridentata f. hirsutifolia Pease
Sibbaldia retusa (O.F.Müll.) T.Erikss.
Sibbaldiopsis tridentata (Aiton) Rydb.
Sibbaldiopsis tridentata f. hirsutifolia (Pease) D.Löve & J.-P.Bernard
Trichothalamus tridentatus (Aiton) Spreng.
Territory7 Northern America
     70 Subarctic America (GNL Greenland, NUN Nunavut, NWT Northwest Territories)
     71 Western Canada (ABT Alberta, SAS Saskatchewan)
     72 Eastern Canada (LAB Labrador, NFL Newfoundland, NSC Nova Scotia, ONT Ontario, PEI Prince Edward I., QUE Québec)
     74 North-Central U.S.A. (ILL Illinois, IOW Iowa, MIN Minnesota, NDA North Dakota, WIS Wisconsin)
     75 Northeastern U.S.A. (CNT Connecticut, MAI Maine, MAS Masachusettes, MIC Michigan, NWH New Hampshire, NWJ New Jersey, NWY New York, PEN Pennsylvania, RHO Rhode I., VER Vermont, WVA West Virginia)
     78 Southeastern U.S.A. (GEO Georgia, MRY Maryland, NCA North Carolina, TEN Tennessee, VRG Virginia)
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