Biology:Potentilla grayi

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Short description: Species of flowering plant

Potentilla grayi

Imperiled (NatureServe)[1]
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Rosales
Family: Rosaceae
Genus: Potentilla
Species:
P. grayi
Binomial name
Potentilla grayi
S.Watson

Potentilla grayi is a species of cinquefoil known by the common name Gray's cinquefoil.[2]

Description

Potentilla grayi is a small upright plant growing 10 to 20 centimeters tall. The leaves are ternate, divided into three leaflets. Each leaflet is roughly oval in shape and has usually seven blunt teeth along the edges. The inflorescence is a cyme of one to five flowers each with five yellow petals.

Distribution

Potentilla grayi is endemic to the Sierra Nevada of California , where it grows in high mountain meadows.

References

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q7234854 entry