Rose Family [Rosaceae] |
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26th June 2019, flanks of Great Orme, Llandudno, North Wales. | Photo: © RWD |
The flowers now all gone until next spring. The leaves are in terminal rosettes. The basal leaves are palmate, with between 5 to 7 leaflets. The uppermost leaves are smaller and only trefoil. The plant forms matts |
26th June 2019, flanks of Great Orme, Llandudno, North Wales. | Photo: © RWD |
26th June 2019, flanks of Great Orme, Llandudno, North Wales. | Photo: © RWD |
Leaf edges long-hairy. Need some photos of the flowers... |
Many similarities to other Strangely, some Romans seem to call it Potentilla tabernaemontani rather than potentilla neumanniana. Perhaps they have changed its name without telling the books that I possess? They have now changed it again to Potentilla verna which is its present day (2019) binomial name, but in the past P.D. Sell was having a field day and invented 3 other specific epithets for it: paucidentata, brevifoliata and longifrons.
Spring Cinquefoil is thought to hybridise with It is a medium rare [RR] and getting rarer over the decades. Nowadays (2019) it is found in only 6 very scattered and isolated hectads of the UK, which surprises your Author with its [RR] rarity rating; 6 hectads should qualify for a [RRR] rare rating. There is no presence of it in Ireland. It is native and grows in dry calcareous soils on grassland, screes and rocky slopes. Need some photos of the flowers...
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Potentilla | tabernaemontani | ⇐ Global Aspect ⇒ | Rosaceae |
Potentilla (Cinquefoils) |
Rose Family [Rosaceae] |