Family: Rosaceae
Potentilla anserina
Citation:
L., Sp. Pl. 495 (1753).
Synonymy: Not Applicable Common name: Silverweed.
Description:
Herb with creeping and rooting branches to 80 cm long from a short stock; leaves imparipinnate, with numerous oblong serrate 10-40 mm long leaflets, green above or silvery-villous on both faces.
Peduncles usually 2-12 cm long; petals 7-10 mm long, yellow; styles lateral, filiform, caducous.
Fruits surrounded by me persistent calyx.
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Image source: fig 242b in Jessop J.P. & Toelken H.R. (Ed.) 1986. Flora of South Australia (4th edn).
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Distribution:
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It may possibly occur only as an occasional escape and not be truly naturalised.
N.S.W.; Vic.; Tas. Native to Europe.
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Conservation status:
naturalised
Flowering time: Dec. — Jan.
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SA Distribution Map based
on current data relating to
specimens held in the
State Herbarium of South Australia
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Biology:
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Author:
Not yet available
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