Potentilla reptans L.
creeping cinquefoil
Rosaceae (Rose family)

Introduction to Vascular Plants

Photograph

© Robert Flogaus-Faust     (Photo ID #85368)


Map

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Distribution of Potentilla reptans
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Introduction

This Eurasian species (creeping cinquefoil), is sometimes grown in gardens and can escape. First collected from Salt Spring Island (Lomer 7264 @ UBC). It is established around a pond on the Cedar Hill Golf Course, Saanich (Lomer 9072 @ UBC) and by a ditch in Southlands, Vancouver (Lomer 10695 @ UBC)

Author: Frank Lomer, Honorary Research Associate, University of British Columbia Herbarium