A member of a large genus of annuals or perennials, sometimes creeping, rarely small shrubs, native to N temperate regions; leaves with three leaflets, or pinnately or palmately divided into leaflets; flowers with epicalyx, 45 sepals, 45 petals;. They can be roughly divided into two groups: cinquefoils with 5-petalled flowers, and tormentils with 4-petalled flowers. Several, especially the shrubby species, are widely grown ornamentals. (Genus: Potentilla, 500 species. Family: Rosaceae.)
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iPotentilla
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Potentilla sterilis leaves
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Scientific classification
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Kingdom:
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Plantae
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Division:
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Magnoliophyta
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Class:
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Magnoliopsida
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Order:
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Rosales
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Family:
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Rosaceae
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Subfamily:
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Rosoideae
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Genus:
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Potentilla
L.
The two species formerly treated as Potentilla palustris and Potentilla salesowianum are now separated into the genus Comarum, while Potentilla
tridentata is transferred to Sibbaldiopsis as Sibbaldiopsis tridentata, and Potentilla arguta is similarly now separated into the genus Drymocallis
as Drymocallis arguta.
Species
About 500, including:
Potentilla alba White Cinquefoil Potentilla alchemilloides Alchemilla-leaved Cinquefoil Potentilla anglica Trailing Tormentil Potentilla anserina
Silverweed Potentilla argentea Hoary Cinquefoil Potentilla canadensis Canadian Cinquefoil Potentilla cinerea Grey Cinquefoil Potentilla crantzii Alpine
Cinquefoil Potentilla erecta Common tormentil Potentilla glandulosa Sticky Cinquefoil Potentilla hickmanii Hickman's potentilla Potentilla indica Mock
Strawberry Potentilla micrantha Pink Barren strawberry Potentilla norvegica Norwegian Cinquefoil Potentilla palustris Marsh Cinquefoil Potentilla
pensylvanica Pennsylvania Cinquefoil Potentilla recta Sulphur Cinquefoil Potentilla reptans Creeping tormentil Potentilla rupestris Rock Cinquefoil
Potentilla simplex Oldfield Cinquefoil Potentilla sterilis Barren Strawberry Potentilla tabernaemontani Spring Cinquefoil Potentilla Robbinsiana Robbins
Cinquefoil
Previously included species
Potentilla fruticosa now reclassified as Dasiphora fruticosa Shrubby Cinquefoil
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