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Potentilla paradoxa Nuttall. Section: Rivales. Common name: Bushy Cinquefoil. Phenology: May-Sep. Habitat: Riverbanks, lakeshores, also roadsides. Distribution: NY, QC, MB, SK, AB, and BC south to e. PA, n. OH, se. MI, s. IN, s. IL, MO, n. TX, NM, AZ, and OR. Reported for s. IN by Bill Thomas (pers.comm., 2022).

Origin/Endemic status: Native

Taxonomy Comments: Sometimes treated as a subspecies of the circumboreal P. supina complex.

Synonymy ⓘ: = C, G, GrPl, Il, Pa, S13, Tx; = Potentilla supina L. ssp. paradoxa (Nutt.) Soják — Can, FNA9, K4, Mi, Mo3, NY; > Potentilla nicolletii (S.Watson) E.Sheld. — F; > Potentilla paradoxa Nutt. — F. Basionym: Potentilla paradoxa Nutt. 1840

Links to other floras: = Potentilla supina ssp. paradoxa - FNA9

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Wetland Indicator Status:

  • Eastern Mountains and Piedmont: OBL (name change)
  • Great Plains: FACW (name change)
  • Midwest: FACW (name change)
  • Northcentral & Northeast: FACW (name change)

Heliophily ⓘ: 7

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