familyRosaceae
subfamilyRosaceae subfam. Rosoideae
genusPotentilla
sectionPotentilla sect. Aureae
speciesPotentilla hyparctica
subspeciesPotentilla hyparctica subsp. hyparctica
Potentilla hyparctica subsp. hyparctica
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 9. Treatment on page 193.
Plants: hairs common to dense. Stems 0.2–1.2 dm. Central leaflets obovate, petiolule 0–2 mm, base cuneate, teeth narrowly triangular to oblong, tooth apex subacute to obtuse. Inflorescences 1 (–3) -flowered. Flowers: epicalyx bractlets narrowly to ± oblong or ovate, 1.5–2 mm wide; sepals: apex subacute to obtuse. 2n = 42.
Phenology: Flowering late spring–summer.
Habitat: Polar deserts, moist tundra, meadows, boulder and gravel fields, rocky outcrops, talus, mainly acidic bedrock
Elevation: 0–1500 m
Distribution
Greenland, N.W.T., Nunavut, Que., Yukon, Alaska, Europe, Asia
Discussion
Selected References
None.
Lower Taxa
None.
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... more about "Potentilla hyparctica subsp. hyparctica"
aggregated +
darker green +
darker green +
glaucous +
perigynous +
dehiscent +
subacute;obtuse +
ternate +
2-ranked +
cuneate +
foliaceous +
coriaceous +
absent +
reduced +
absent +
obovate +
lateral +
aggregated +
absent +
deciduous +
1;260 +
ovoid +
aggregated +
absent +
sparse;common +
fascicles +
Polar deserts, moist tundra, meadows, boulder and gravel fields, rocky outcrops, talus, mainly acidic bedrock +
straight +
dense +
long +
absent +
cottony +
common +
crisped +
not differentiated +
persistent +
0.5mm;2.5mm +
fleshy +
2mm;7mm +
Present +
1(-3)-flowered +
axillary +
crassinucellate +
marcescent +
well-developed +
persistent +
winter +
distal +
absent +
aggregated +
basal +
straight +
recurved +
absent +
perigynous +
elliptic +
4mm;9mm +
usually longer +
obcordate +
absent +
1;250 +
usually not much longer +
Rhodora +
1934 +
not arillate +
2;1 +
persistent +
Illustrated +
shorter +
not rooting +
prostrate +
not flagelliform +
capitate +
persistent +
adnate +
absent +
linear;ovate +
jointed +
length +
deciduous +
distinct +
subapical +
rough-thickened +
not fleshy-thickened +
Potentilla hyparctica subsp. hyparctica +
Potentilla hyparctica +
subspecies +
developed +
absent +
inconspicuous +
conic +
enlarged +
fleshy +
not stoloniferous +
rosetted +
perennial +
unarmed +
rosetted +