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Potentilla rivalis Nuttall. Section: Rivales. Common name: Brook Five-fingers. Phenology: May-Jul. Habitat: Along streams and in moist, marshy areas; eastwards adventive in moist, disturbed areas. Distribution: Native of n., c., and w. North America, south to c. Mexico.

Origin/Endemic status: Native

Synonymy ⓘ: = C, Can, FNA9, G, GrPl, K4, NE, Tx; = n/a — Pa; > Potentilla millegrana Engelm. ex Lehm. — F, Il; > Potentilla pentandra Engelm. — F, S13; > Potentilla rivalis Nutt. — F, Il; > Potentilla rivalis Nutt. var. millegrana (Engelm. ex Lehm.) S.Watson. Basionym: Potentilla rivalis Nutt. 1840

Links to other floras: = Potentilla rivalis - FNA9

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Wetland Indicator Status:

  • Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain: FACW
  • Eastern Mountains and Piedmont: FACW
  • Great Plains: FACW
  • Midwest: FACW
  • Northcentral & Northeast: FACW

Heliophily ⓘ: 0

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