Potentilla recta L.
sulphur cinquefoil
Rosaceae (Rose family)
Introduction to Vascular Plants
sulphur cinquefoil
Rosaceae (Rose family)
Introduction to Vascular Plants
Species Information
General:
Perennial herb from a thick, simple to branched stem-base; stems 1 to few, tufted, erect, very leafy, 30-70 cm tall, branched above, with both coarse and fine hairs.
Leaves:
Basal leaves few, long-stalked, palmately compound; leaflets 5 to 7, lanceolate to oblong, 3-10 cm long, deeply saw-toothed, greenish and coarse-hairy on both surfaces, prominently veined beneath; stem leaves alternate, several, similar but shorter-stalked.
Flowers:
Inflorescence an open, flat-topped, terminal cluster of many stalked flowers; corollas pale yellow, bowl-shaped, the petals 5, egg-shaped, about 10 mm long, deeply notched at the tip; calyces glandular and long-hairy, 5-lobed, the lobes lance-egg-shaped, 5-9 mm long, alternating with 5 narrower bractlets about the same length as the calyx-lobes; ovaries superior, the styles glandular-warty and somewhat thickened at the base; stamens 25-30.
Fruits:
Achenes, numerous, clustered, lopsided-egg-shaped, about 1 mm long, brownish, strongly 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 recta
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) |
722 | 380 | 1571 |
| Slope
Gradient (%) |
22 | 0 | 75 |
|
Aspect (degrees) |
199 | 10 | 360 |
| 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: |
136 | ||
| Modal
BEC Zone Class |
IDF | ||
|
All BEC Zones (# of stations/zone) species was recorded in |
BG(3), ICH(13), IDF(104), MS(3), PP(13) | ||
|
Source:
Klinkenberg 2013
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Habitat and Range
Dry to moist, disturbed open ground, waste places, roadsides, pastures and overgrazed grasslands in the lowland to steppe zones; common in S BC, especially east of the Coast-Cascade Mountains; introduced from Eurasia.Status Information
Synonyms
Synonyms and Alternate Names:
Potentilla recta var. obscura (Nestler) W.D.J. Koch
Potentilla recta var. pilosa (Willd.) Ledeb.
Potentilla recta var. sulphurea (Lam. & DC.) Peyr.