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Potentilla

not marked as a favorite taxon *Potentilla reptans Linnaeus. Common name: Creeping Five-fingers. Phenology: May-Aug. Habitat: Disturbed areas. Distribution: Native of Eurasia. Also reported for Virginia (Cronquist 1991, Kartesz 1999) and occurs as well in se. Pennsylvania (Rhoads & Block 2007).

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Section: Potentilla.

Origin/Endemic status: Eurasia

Synonymy ⓘ: = C, Can, F, Fl3, FNA9, G, Il, K1, K4, NE, NS, NY, Pa, WH3; = n/a; > Potentilla reptans L. var. reptans — POWO. Basionym: Potentilla reptans L. 1753

Links to other floras: = Potentilla reptans - FNA9

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image #103 of Potentilla reptans© Erik Danielson [image randomly selected] source | Original Image ⭷

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