© Ian Cumming (Photo ID #5224)
General:
Perennial herb from a short rhizome and branched stem-base; stems several, erect, 30-100 cm tall, strongly glandular-hairy.
Leaves:
Basal leaves several, long-stalked, pinnately compound; leaflets 5 to 9, mostly egg-shaped, 1-5 cm long, coarsely double-toothed, greenish and usually bothglandular-hairy and coarse-hairy but sometimes nearly smooth on both surfaces; stem leaves alternate, few, reduced upward.
Flowers:
Inflorescence a compact, narrow, nearly flat-topped, terminal cluster of several to many stalked flowers; corollas pale yellow to cream or whitish, bowl-shaped, the petals 5, oblong-egg-shaped, 5-9 mm long; calyces glandular, 5-lobed, the lobes lance-egg-shaped, 4-8 mm long, alternating with 5 shorter, narrower bractlets; ovaries superior, the styles spindle-shaped and glandular-roughened near the middle; stamens usually 25.
Fruits:
Achenes, numerous, lopsided-egg-shaped, 1-1.5 mm long, smooth.
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Illustration Source: The Illustrated Flora of British Columbia
Site Information |
Value / Class |
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Avg |
Min |
Max |
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Elevation
(metres) |
1489 | 420 | 2300 |
Slope
Gradient (%) |
46 | 0 | 85 |
Aspect (degrees) |
222 | 104 | 360 |
Soil
Moisture Regime (SMR) [0 - very xeric; 4 - mesic; 8 - hydric] |
2 | 0 | 5 |
Modal
Nutrient Regime
Class |
B | ||
#
of field plots species was recorded in: |
57 | ||
Modal
BEC Zone Class |
ESSF | ||
All BEC Zones (# of stations/zone) species was recorded in |
BAFA(2), ESSF(25), ICH(2), IDF(4), MS(17), PP(5), SWB(1) | ||
Source:
Klinkenberg 2013
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Synonyms and Alternate Names:
Potentilla arguta subsp. convallaria Pursh
Potentilla convallaria Rydb.