Drymocallis convallaria (Rydb.) Rydb.
white cinquefoil (Cordilleran wood beauty)
Rosaceae (Rose family)
Introduction to Vascular Plants
white cinquefoil (Cordilleran wood beauty)
Rosaceae (Rose family)
Introduction to Vascular Plants
Photograph
© Ian Cumming (Photo ID #5224)
Species Information
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.
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 Drymocallis convallaria
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 |
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|
Avg |
Min |
Max |
|
| 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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Habitat and Range
Dry to moist meadows, thickets, rocky grassy slopes and open forests in the steppe and montane zones; frequent throughout BC, except along the coast; N to AK, E to PQ and S to OR, AZ, NM, OK and NJ.Status Information
Synonyms
Synonyms and Alternate Names:
Potentilla arguta subsp. convallaria Pursh
Potentilla convallaria Rydb.