Potentilla angelliae

N. H. Holmgren

Brittonia 39: 342, fig. 2. 1987.

Common names: Angell’s or Boulder Mountain cinquefoil
Conservation concernEndemic
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 9. Treatment on page 180. Mentioned on page 177, 182.

Stems (0.4–) 0.6–1.1 dm, lengths 2–3 times basal leaves. Basal leaves subpinnate, 1 pair of leaflets separate from terminal leaflets, distal leaflets distinct, 1.5–5 cm; petiole 0.5–3 (–4) cm, straight hairs abundant, loosely appressed to ascending, 1–2 mm, stiff, cottony hairs absent, glands sparse to abundant; leaflets 5, on distal (1/10–) 1/5–1/4 of leaf axis, separate, proximal pair separated from others by 1–3 mm of leaf axis, central leaflets narrowly cuneate to oblanceolate, 0.5–1.5 × 0.3–0.6 cm, petiolules 1 mm, distal 1/4 (–1/3) or less of margins incised 1/2 or less to midvein, teeth (0–) 1 (–2) per side, ± separate, 1 mm, surfaces ± dissimilar, abaxial grayish to white, straight hairs ± abundant, appressed, 1–1.5 mm, ± stiff, cottony hairs abundant to sparse, glands ± sparse or obscured, adaxial greenish, straight hairs abundant, ± appressed, 1–1.5 (–2) mm, stiff, cottony hairs absent, glands sparse to abundant. Inflorescences solitary flowers or 2–3-flowered. Pedicels (1–) 1.5–3 cm. Flowers: epicalyx bractlets lanceolate-elliptic to ovate, 2–4 × 0.8–1.5 mm; hypanthium 3–5 mm diam.; sepals 3–5 (–6) mm, apex ± acute; petals (4–) 5–6.5 × 4–5.5 mm; filaments 1.5–2.5 mm, anthers 0.7–1 mm; carpels 10–30, styles 2–2.5 mm. Achenes 1.5–2 mm, smooth to faintly rugose.


Phenology: Flowering summer.
Habitat: Rocky subalpine meadows
Elevation: 3300–3400 m

Discussion

Of conservation concern.

Potentilla angelliae is known only from Boulder Mountain on the Aquarius Plateau in Garfield and Wayne counties. Comparable plants, whose status has yet to be resolved, have been collected in Montezuma County, Colorado. S. L. Welsh et al. (1993) suggested that P. angelliae might best be treated as a variety of P. concinna; the combination of subpalmate leaves, tridentate leaflets, and relatively few-flowered inflorescences extending beyond the leaves makes P. angelliae a well-defined species with no evidence of intergradation.

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.

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green +  and white +
grayish +  and white +
green +  and white +
smooth +  and faintly rugose +
1.5mm +  and 2mm +
green +  and grayish +
0.07 cm0.7 mm <br />7.0e-4 m <br /> (0.1 cm1 mm <br />0.001 m <br />) +
Barbara Ertter +
N. H. Holmgren +
opposite +  and alternate +
Concinnae +
25 cm250 mm <br />0.25 m <br /> (30 cm300 mm <br />0.3 m <br />) +
less cordate or reniform +  and narrowly elliptic +
0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br /> (25 cm250 mm <br />0.25 m <br />) +
coriaceous +
reduced +
free +  and distinct +
hairy +  and glabrous +
0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br /> (1.5 cm15 mm <br />0.015 m <br />) +
narrowly cuneate +  and oblanceolate +
0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br /> (0.6 cm6 mm <br />0.006 m <br />) +
Angell’s or Boulder Mountain cinquefoil +
1.5 cm15 mm <br />0.015 m <br /> (5 cm50 mm <br />0.05 m <br />) +
not +  and aggregated +
3300–3400 m +
0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br /> (0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br />) +
lanceolate-elliptic +  and ovate +
0.08 cm0.8 mm <br />8.0e-4 m <br /> (0.15 cm1.5 mm <br />0.0015 m <br />) +
0.15 cm1.5 mm <br />0.0015 m <br /> (0.25 cm2.5 mm <br />0.0025 m <br />) +
0.8 cm8 mm <br />0.008 m <br /> (2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br />) +
unisexual +  and bisexual +
not +  and aggregated +
deciduous +
on style scar +, hairy +  and glabrous +
0.05 cm0.5 mm <br />5.0e-4 m <br /> (0.26 cm2.6 mm <br />0.0026 m <br />) +
sparse;abundant +
Rocky subalpine meadows +
stoloniferous +  and short-rhizomatous +
0.15 cm1.5 mm <br />0.0015 m <br /> (0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br />) +
straight +
loosely appressed +  and ascending +
abundant +  and abundant to sparse +
crisped +
0.1 cm1 mm <br />0.001 m <br /> (0.15 cm1.5 mm <br />0.0015 m <br />) +
0.25 cm2.5 mm <br />0.0025 m <br /> (0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br />) +
0.7 cm7 mm <br />0.007 m <br /> (1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br />) +
0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br /> (0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br />) +
0.5mm;2.5mm +
turbinate +, patelliform +  and cupulate +
racemiform +, open +, cymose +  and (1-)2-12(-15)-flowered +
crassinucellate +
bipinnate +, odd-pinnate +, subpalmate +, palmate +  and ternate +
opposite +  and alternate +
marcescent +
well-developed +
persistent +
cauline +  and basal +
reduced +
cuneate +  and obovate +
linear +  and oblanceolate +
palmate +  and pinnate +
entire +  and cleft +
1/4 (?) +  and 3/4 (?) +
inferior +  and superior +
clustered +, biseriate +  and superposed +
1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br /> (1.5 cm15 mm <br />0.015 m <br />) +
1.5 cm15 mm <br />0.015 m <br /> (3 cm30 mm <br />0.03 m <br />) +
0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br /> (0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br />) +
0.7 cm7 mm <br />0.007 m <br /> (0.9 cm9 mm <br />0.009 m <br />) +
free +  and distinct +
5mm;6.5mm +
obcordate +
0.35 cm3.5 mm <br />0.0035 m <br /> (0.7 cm7 mm <br />0.007 m <br />) +
0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br /> (0.55 cm5.5 mm <br />0.0055 m <br />) +
3 cm30 mm <br />0.03 m <br /> (4 cm40 mm <br />0.04 m <br />) +
0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br /> (3 cm30 mm <br />0.03 m <br />) +
less +, 1/2 +, 1/4 +  and 1/3 +
1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br /> (?) +
Flowering summer. +
adnate +, free +, connate +  and distinct +
subpinnate +  and pinnate +
12 cm120 mm <br />0.12 m <br /> (15 cm150 mm <br />0.15 m <br />) +
1.5 cm15 mm <br />0.015 m <br /> (12 cm120 mm <br />0.12 m <br />) +
usually not much longer +
not arillate +
0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br /> (0.6 cm6 mm <br />0.006 m <br />) +
persistent +
free +  and distinct +
erect +  and spreading +
lanceolate +  and broadly ovate or deltate +
0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br /> (0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br />) +
Conservation concern +  and Endemic +
free +  and distinct +
not rooting +
reddish +  and green +
prostrate +  and more or less decumbent +
prostrate +  and erect +
1 +  and many +
not flagelliform +
palmate +  and pinnate +
linear;ovate +
0.1 cm1 mm <br />0.001 m <br /> (0.15 cm1.5 mm <br />0.0015 m <br />) +
deciduous +
distinct +
subapical +
in proximal 1/5 +, not papillate-swollen +, filiform +  and filiform-tapered +
rough-thickened +
0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br /> (0.25 cm2.5 mm <br />0.0025 m <br />) +
not fleshy +
Potentilla angelliae +
Potentilla sect. Concinnae +
species +
1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br /> (?) +
inconspicuous +
enlarged +
usually rosetted +  and tufted +
biennial +, annual +  and perennial +
herb +  and matted +