About the genus · Potentilla
Potentilla is a genus containing over 500 species of annual, biennial and perennial herbaceous flowering plants in the rose family, Rosaceae.
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Photographs: ghislain118 http://www.fleurs-des-montagnes.net, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
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Other Potentilla 106 in the reference
Potentilla acaulis Stemless cinquefoil Photo: CC0, author not stated
Potentilla alba White cinquefoil Photo: CC BY, Мирослав Соболев
Potentilla alchimilloides Rosaceae Photo: CC BY, frangp
Potentilla anglica Trailing tormentil Photo: CC0, author not stated
Potentilla apennina Rosaceae Photo: CC BY-SA, Emanuele Santarelli
Potentilla argentea Hoary cinquefoil Photo: CC0, author not stated
Potentilla argyrophylla Rosaceae Photo: CC BY, Siddarth Machado Potentilla articulata Rosaceae
Potentilla astracanica Rosaceae Photo: CC BY, Dmitriy Bochkov
Potentilla aurea Dwarf yellow cinquefoil Photo: CC0, author not stated
Potentilla bipinnatifida Bipinnate cinquefoil Photo: CC0, author not stated all 107 ›Names & registers
The record
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