Potentilla pulcherrima Lehm.
pretty cinquefoil (beautiful cinquefoil)
Rosaceae (Rose family)
Introduction to Vascular Plants
pretty cinquefoil (beautiful cinquefoil)
Rosaceae (Rose family)
Introduction to Vascular Plants
Species Information
General:
Perennial herb from a thick, scaly, branched stem-base; stems several, tufted, erect or decumbent at the base, 30-80 cm tall, often branched, appressed- to spreading-hairy.
Leaves:
Basal leaves long-stalked, palmately to somewhat pinnately compound; leaflets 5 to 7 (9), lanceolate to oblong-elliptic, 2-8 cm long, finely, evenly and deeply saw-toothed, the teeth extending 1/5 to 1/2 the distance to the midvein, greenish and spreading-hairy above, greyish and hairier beneath; stem leaves alternate, reduced, 1 or 2.
Flowers:
Inflorescence an open, somewhat flat-topped, terminal cluster of several to many stalked flow ers; corollas yellow, bowl-shaped, the petals 5, heart-shaped, 6-10 mm long, shallowly notched at the tip; calyces hairy, 5-lobed, the lobes broadly lanceolate, 4-7 mm long, alternating with 5 shorter, narrowly lanceolate bractlets; ovaries superior; stamens 20.
Fruits:
Achenes, numerous, clustered, lopsided-egg-shaped, 1-2 mm long, greenish, smooth to faintly net-veined.
Illustration
If more than one illustration is available for a species (e.g., separate illustrations were provided for two subspecies) then links to the separate images will be provided below. Note that individual subspecies or varietal illustrations are not always available.
Illustration Source: The Illustrated Flora of British Columbia
Ecology
Ecological Framework for Potentilla pulcherrima
The table below shows the species-specific information calculated from
original data (BEC database) provided by the BC Ministry of Forests and Range.
(Updated August, 2013)
The table below shows the species-specific information calculated from
original data (BEC database) provided by the BC Ministry of Forests and Range.
(Updated August, 2013)
| Site Information |
Value / Class |
||
|
Avg |
Min |
Max |
|
| Elevation
(metres) |
1719 | 1165 | 2216 |
| Slope
Gradient (%) |
21 | 0 | 65 |
|
Aspect (degrees) |
217 | 28 | 279 |
| Soil
Moisture Regime (SMR) [0 - very xeric; 4 - mesic; 8 - hydric] |
3 | 0 | 8 |
| Modal
Nutrient Regime
Class |
C | ||
| #
of field plots species was recorded in: |
10 | ||
| Modal
BEC Zone Class |
ESSF | ||
|
All BEC Zones (# of stations/zone) species was recorded in |
AT(1), BAFA(1), ESSF(4), ICH(2), MS(2) | ||
|
Source:
Klinkenberg 2013
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Habitat and Range
Dry to moist meadows, grasslands, rocky slopes, open forests, and roadsides and waste places in the montane zone; frequent in SE BC, E to AB and S to NV, AZ, NM and MX.Status Information
Synonyms
Synonyms and Alternate Names:
Potentilla camporum Rydb.
Potentilla gracilis var. pulcherrima (Lehm.) Fernald