*Potentilla reptans Linnaeus. Section: Potentilla. Common name: Creeping Five-fingers. Phenology: May-Aug. Habitat: Disturbed areas. Distribution: Native of Eurasia. Also reported for VA (Cronquist 1991, Kartesz 1999) and occurs as well in se. PA (Rhoads & Block 2007).
Origin/Endemic status: Eurasia
Synonymy ⓘ: = C, Can, F, Fl3, FNA9, G, Il, K4, NE, NY, Pa, WH3. Basionym: Potentilla reptans L. 1753
Links to other floras: = Potentilla reptans - FNA9
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Heliophily ⓘ: 6
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