Potentilla norvegica L.
Norwegian cinquefoil (rough cinquefoil)
Rosaceae (Rose family)
Introduction to Vascular Plants
Norwegian cinquefoil (rough cinquefoil)
Rosaceae (Rose family)
Introduction to Vascular Plants
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Species Information
General:
Annual to biennial herb from a taproot; stems erect to ascending, 10-80 cm tall, sometimes branched above, leafy, coarsely stiff-spreading-hairy with often pustular-based hairs, often reddish.
Leaves:
Basal leaves few, long-stalked, palmately compound; leaflets 3, egg-shaped to oblong, 1-6 (8) cm long, coarsely round-toothed, coarse-hairy on both surfaces, paler beneath; stem leaves alternate, similar, several.
Flowers:
Inflorescence a compact, leafy-bracted, terminal cluster of several to many stalked flowers; corollas yellow or whitish-yellow, saucer-shaped, the petals 5, broadly egg-shaped, shorter than the calyx-lobes; calyces hairy, 5-lobed, the lobes lanceolate, 4-6 mm long, alternating with 5 narrower bractlets about the same length as the calyx-lobes; ovaries superior, the styles thickened at the base; stamens usually 20.
Fruits:
Achenes, numerous, clustered, lopsided-egg-shaped, about 1 mm long, brown, strongly wavy-wrinkled.
Illustration
If more than one illustration is available for a species (e.g., separate illustrations were provided for two subspecies) then links to the separate images will be provided below. Note that individual subspecies or varietal illustrations are not always available.
Illustration Source: The Illustrated Flora of British Columbia
Ecology
Ecological Framework for Potentilla norvegica
The table below shows the species-specific information calculated from
original data (BEC database) provided by the BC Ministry of Forests and Range.
(Updated August, 2013)
The table below shows the species-specific information calculated from
original data (BEC database) provided by the BC Ministry of Forests and Range.
(Updated August, 2013)
| Site Information |
Value / Class |
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|
Avg |
Min |
Max |
|
| Elevation
(metres) |
1109 | 450 | 1657 |
| Slope
Gradient (%) |
5 | 0 | 95 |
|
Aspect (degrees) |
7 | 20 | 320 |
| Soil
Moisture Regime (SMR) [0 - very xeric; 4 - mesic; 8 - hydric] |
5 | 1 | 8 |
| Modal
Nutrient Regime
Class |
D | ||
| #
of field plots species was recorded in: |
28 | ||
| Modal
BEC Zone Class |
SBPS | ||
|
All BEC Zones (# of stations/zone) species was recorded in |
BG(3), BWBS(1), ESSF(6), ICH(2), IDF(1), MS(1), PP(1), SBPS(7), SBS(5), SWB(1) | ||
|
Source:
Klinkenberg 2013
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Habitat and Range
Moist to wet meadows, clearings, roadsides, waste places and burns in the lowland to montane zones; common throughout BC, except rare north of 55degreeN (probably introduced along the coast); circumboreal, N to AK, E to NF and S to NC, TX and CA; Greenland, Eurasia.Status Information
Synonyms
Synonyms and Alternate Names:
Potentilla monspeliensis L.
Potentilla norvegica subsp. hirsuta (Michx.) Hyl.
Potentilla norvegica var. hirsuta (Michx.) Lehm.
Potentilla norvegica var. labradorica (Lehm.) Fernald