Biology:Potentilla chamissonis

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Short description: Species of flowering plant

Potentilla chamissonis
Bluffcinquefoil1.jpg
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Rosales
Family: Rosaceae
Genus: Potentilla
Species:
P. chamissonis
Binomial name
Potentilla chamissonis
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Potentilla chamissonis, the bluff cinquefoil, is distributed across Svalbard, northern Norway , Greenland and the eastern Arctic of Canada .[1] It grows on ledges on steep slopes, and in crevices.[2]

Description

It is a loosely tufted plant growing from a stout stem base, reaching to 10–25 cm tall. The basal leaves are 3- (rarely 5-) foliate, hairy above, and densely tomentose beneath, the petioles and stems with long, straight hairs. The inflorescence is branched, bearing several fairly large flowers. The flowers have five petals, pale yellow, inversely heart-shaped, longer than sepals.

References

  1. Hansen, Kjell Tore; Elven, Reidar; Brochmann, Christian (October 2000). "Molecules and morphology in concert: tests of some hypotheses in arctic Potentilla (Rosaceae)" (in en). American Journal of Botany 87 (10): 1466–1479. doi:10.2307/2656873. PMID 11034922. http://doi.wiley.com/10.2307/2656873. 
  2. Henry, Greg H.R. (1998-01-01). "Environmental influences on the structure of sedge meadows in the Canadian High Arctic" (in en). Plant Ecology 134 (1): 119–129. doi:10.1023/A:1009731615304. ISSN 1573-5052. https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1009731615304. 

Wikidata ☰ Q4348647 entry