EcoFlora - Potentilla effusa

Potentilla effusa Dougl. ex Lehm.
Family: Rosaceae Branched Cinquefoil [Potentilla filicaulis (Nutt.) Rydb., more]	Gleason & Cronquist Resources Vascular plants of NE US and adjacent Canada Perennial from a thick, woody caudex, 2-4 dm; lvs pinnately compound, white-tomentose on both sides, the basal elongate with 5-11 lfls, the cauline few and much smaller, the uppermost 2-4 cm; infl an open cyme with long, ascending branches; sep 4-6 mm, usually much exceeding the lanceolate bracts; pet yellow, barely surpassing the sep; style filiform, 1.5-2 mm. Dry plains; Minn. to Sask. and N.M. June-Aug. Gleason, Henry A. & Cronquist, Arthur J. 1991. Manual of vascular plants of northeastern United States and adjacent Canada. lxxv + 910 pp. ©The New York Botanical Garden. All rights reserved. Used by permission.
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