Family: Rosaceae
Potentilla reptans
Citation:
L., Sp. Pl. 499 (1753).
Synonymy: Not Applicable Common name: Creeping cinquefoil.
Description:
Herb with creeping and rooting branches to 100 cm long from a slender stock; leaves digitate, with 5-7 obovate or oblong-obovate dentate 5-70 mm long leaflets, green on both faces.
Peduncles usually 5-10 cm long; petals 7-12 mm long, yellow; styles conical at the base, caducous.
fruits surrounded by the persistent calyx.
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Image source: fig 242a in Jessop J.P. & Toelken H.R. (Ed.) 1986. Flora of South Australia (4th edn).
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Distribution:
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S.Aust.: SL. Vic. Native to Europe.
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Conservation status:
naturalised
Flowering time: Nov. (1 record).
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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:
No text
Author:
Not yet available
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