. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British possessions : from Newfoundland to the parallel of the southern boundary of Virginia and from the Atlantic Ocean westward to the 102nd meridian. Botany. 4^;âI In poor soil Georgia Potentilla canaden 1840. Low, seldom more than a few inches high; flow- ering stems at first very short and upright; later producing slender prostrate runners; whole plant densely silky-strigose, with appressed pubescence; basal leaves digitately 5-folioIate, on slender peti- oles; stem-leaves few and often only 3-foIioIate; leaflets obovate
. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British possessions : from Newfoundland to the parallel of the southern boundary of Virginia and from the Atlantic Ocean westward to the 102nd meridian. Botany. 4^;âI In poor soil Georgia Potentilla canaden 1840. Low, seldom more than a few inches high; flow- ering stems at first very short and upright; later producing slender prostrate runners; whole plant densely silky-strigose, with appressed pubescence; basal leaves digitately 5-folioIate, on slender peti- oles; stem-leaves few and often only 3-foIioIate; leaflets obovate, sharply serrate, usually less than i' long; stipules small, lanceolate; flowers few, yellow, 3"-5" broad, the first from the axil of the first stem-leaf; petals broadly obovate, sHghtly exceeding the narrowly lanceolate sepals and bractlets; stamens about 20. Ohio. April-June. Five-finger. Common Cinquefoil. Fig. 2230. 4. Potentilla canadensis L. Potentilla canadensis L. Sp. PI. 49S. 1753. Spreading by slender runners 3-2° long, the pubescence of the stem, petioles and peduncles spreading. Stipules lanceolate, acute, entire or few-toothed; leaves petioled, digitately 5-foliolate (rarely 3-4-foliolate) ; leaflets ob- lanceolate, obovate or oblong, obtuse at the apex, narrowed at the base, 6"-l' long, serrate; peduncles slender, axillary, i-flowered, the first from the axil of the second stem- leaf ; flower yellow, 3"-?" broad; petals S, broadly oval, slightly longer than the acute and linear- lanceolate bractlets; stamens about 20; style filiform; achenes glabrous; receptacle villous. In dry soil, New Brunswick to Georgia, Minnesota and Texas. .â \scends to 6300 ft. in North Carolina. April-.^ug. Wild or barren strawberry. Sinkfield. Running buttercups. Star-flower. Potentilla caroliniana a plant of the Southern States, with longer spreading pubescence, and broadly obovate leaflets which are cuneate at the base, enters our area
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