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Potentilla grayi

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Species of flowering plant

Potentilla grayi
Conservation status

Imperiled  (NatureServe)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Rosales
Family: Rosaceae
Genus: Potentilla
Species: P. grayi
Binomial name
Potentilla grayi
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Potentilla grayi is a species of cinquefoil known by the common name Gray's cinquefoil.

Description

Potentilla grayi is a small upright plant growing 10 to 20 centimeters tall. The leaves are ternate, divided into three leaflets. Each leaflet is roughly oval in shape and has usually seven blunt teeth along the edges. The inflorescence is a cyme of one to five flowers each with five yellow petals.

Distribution

Potentilla grayi is endemic to the Sierra Nevada of California, where it grows in high mountain meadows.

References

  1. "NatureServe Explorer 2.0".
  2. NRCS. "Potentilla grayi". PLANTS Database. United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Retrieved 13 October 2015.

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Taxon identifiers
Potentilla grayi


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