Potentilla rectaL. Sulphur Cinquefoil

Potentilla rectaL. - Sulphur Cinquefoil

Scientific Description:

Ascending or erect perennial; flowering stems (2−)20−60(−90) cm, pubescent with long and short eglandular hairs and usually with few short glandular hairs. Leaves digitate; leaflets 5 or 7, oblong-obovate to linear-lanceolate or sometimes cuneate-obovate, 10−50(−70) × 5−25 mm, serrate, incised-serrate to pinnatisect to the base, sometimes doubly so, on both sides ± villous, green or grey. Flowers in cymes. Epicalyx segments linear-lanceolate, as long as or slightly shorter than sepals which are triangular-ovate, (3.5−)5−8 mm. Petals yellow, obcordate, 6−10(−13) mm, longer than sepals. Achenes rugose, winged; style conical at the base, shorter than achene.

 

Flowering time: May–July.

Habitat: Meadows, pastures, wet and shady places, s.l. -2300 m.

 

Reference:
Peşmen H (1972). Potentilla recta L., In: Davis PH (ed.), Flora of Turkey and the East Aegean Islands, Edinburgh University Press, Edinurgh, 4: 53.

Public Description:

Potentilla recta, commonly known as “ sulphur cinquelfoil” or “ rough-fruit cinquefoil”, is native to Eurasia and North America. It is a perennial herb with yellow flowers, and grows up to 90 cm in length. It blooms between May and July and is found in meadows, pastures, wet and shady places.

 

References:

Anonymous 1 (2016). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Potentilla_recta /,Accessed date: 31.05.2016.

Anonymous 2 (2016). http://www.illinoiswildflowers.info/weeds/plants/su_cinquefoil.htm/,Accessed date: 31.05.2016.

Anonymous 3 (2016). https://wiki.bugwood.org/Potentilla_recta /,Accessed date: 31.05.2016.

Aslan S (2012) Potentilla L., In: Güner, A., Aslan, S., Ekim, T., Vural, M. & Babaç, M.T. (eds.), Türkiye Bitkileri Listesi (Damarlı Bitkiler). Nezahat Gökyiğit Botanik Bahçesi ve Flora Araştırmaları Derneği Yayını. İstanbul, pp. 803–808.