Potentilla crinita

A. Gray

Mem. Amer. Acad. Arts, n. s. 4: 41. 1849.

Common names: Bearded or Lemmon’s cinquefoil
EndemicIllustrated
Synonyms: Ivesia lemmonii S. Watson Potentilla crinita var. lemmonii (S. Watson) Kearney & Peebles P. lemmonii
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 9. Treatment on page 164. Mentioned on page 161, 162, 165.

Stems (0.5–) 1.5–4.5 dm, lengths 2–4 (–5) times basal leaves. Basal leaves pinnate, 3–15 (–20) cm; petiole 1–10 (–15) cm, long hairs dense, appressed, 1.5–2.5 mm, usually stiff, short and crisped hairs usually absent, cottony hairs absent, glands sparse, often obscured; leaflets often conduplicate, lateral ones evenly paired, (3–) 4–6 (–7) per side on distal 1/3–2/3 of leaf axis, distal pairs ± decurrent, often confluent with terminal leaflet, larger leaflets narrowly cuneate or oblanceolate to obovate, 1–3 (–4) × 0.2–0.8 (–1) cm, distal 1/4–1/2 (–2/3) or less of margin incised ± 1/4 or less to midvein, teeth (0–) 1–5 (–9) per side, 1–2 mm, surfaces ± similar to ± dissimilar, abaxial silvery to greenish, long hairs usually dense (at least on primary-veins), 1–2 mm, stiff, short-crisped hairs absent or sparse, cottony hairs usually absent, glands sparse to common, often obscured, adaxial ± green, long hairs sparse to common, sometimes absent, short, crisped, and cottony hairs absent, glands sparse. Cauline leaves 1–3 (–4). Inflorescences (5–) 10–30-flowered. Pedicels 0.5–2 (–4) cm. Flowers: epicalyx bractlets lanceolate, 1.5–4.5 × 0.5 (–1) mm, 1/2–2/3 as long as sepals, abaxial vestiture similar to or ± sparser than sepals, not glabrescent, straight hairs common, crisped or cottony hairs usually absent; hypanthium 2.5–5 mm diam.; sepals (3–) 4–7 mm, apex acute to long acuminate; petals (3–) 4.5–7.5 (–8) × 4–6 mm; filaments 1–3 mm, anthers 0.6–1.1 mm; carpels 5–20, styles 1.6–2.6 mm. Achenes 1.4–1.7 mm, smooth or slightly rugose.


Phenology: Flowering summer.
Habitat: Dry meadows, pygmy conifer, oak, aspen, or montane conifer woodlands
Elevation: 2000–2600 m

Distribution

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Ariz., Colo., Nev., N.Mex., Utah.

Discussion

Potentilla crinita occurs mainly in the upper foothills and mountains from southern Nevada to south-central Utah, northern Arizona, and northwestern New Mexico and is disjunct to southwestern Colorado (Archuleta County). It tends to grow on somewhat drier, rockier sites than co-occurring species of Potentilla. The often conduplicate leaflets, falcate in outline, bear relatively few, small teeth. Two varieties are sometimes recognized, based on leaflet and vestiture characters that do not reliably coincide.

Potentilla crinita can hybridize with P. hippiana where the two species overlap, in spite of ecological partitioning. N. H. Holmgren (1997b) noted the type of P. crinita may be such a hybrid. If correct, then P. lemmonii would be used for the species unless the name P. crinita were to be conserved with a conserved type.

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.

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white +  and more or less green +
rugose +  and smooth +
1.4mm +  and 1.7mm +
green +  and white +
0.06 cm0.6 mm <br />6.0e-4 m <br /> (0.11 cm1.1 mm <br />0.0011 m <br />) +
acute;long acuminate +
Barbara Ertter +  and James L. Reveal +
A. Gray +
compound +  and simple +
15 cm150 mm <br />0.15 m <br /> (20 cm200 mm <br />0.2 m <br />) +
3 cm30 mm <br />0.03 m <br /> (15 cm150 mm <br />0.15 m <br />) +
Leucophyllae +
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 +
Bearded or Lemmon’s cinquefoil +
Ariz. +, Colo. +, Nev. +, N.Mex. +  and Utah. +
not +  and aggregated +
2000–2600 m +
0.05 cm0.5 mm <br />5.0e-4 m <br /> (0.1 cm1 mm <br />0.001 m <br />) +
0.15 cm1.5 mm <br />0.0015 m <br /> (0.45 cm4.5 mm <br />0.0045 m <br />) +
0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br /> (?) +
0.1 cm1 mm <br />0.001 m <br /> (0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 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 />) +
weak +  and stiff +
sparse;common +
Dry meadows, pygmy conifer, oak, aspen, or montane conifer woodlands +
stoloniferous +  and short-rhizomatous +
straight +
common +  and sparse +
crisped +  and short-crisped +
0.1 cm1 mm <br />0.001 m <br /> (0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 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 />) +
0.25 cm2.5 mm <br />0.0025 m <br /> (0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br />) +
0.5mm;2.5mm +
turbinate +, patelliform +  and cupulate +
(5-)10-30-flowered +
crassinucellate +
3 cm30 mm <br />0.03 m <br /> (4 cm40 mm <br />0.04 m <br />) +
0.8 cm8 mm <br />0.008 m <br /> (1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br />) +
1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br /> (3 cm30 mm <br />0.03 m <br />) +
less +, 1/4 +  and 1/2-2/3 +
0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br /> (0.8 cm8 mm <br />0.008 m <br />) +
bipinnate +, odd-pinnate +, subpalmate +, palmate +  and ternate +
opposite +  and alternate +
marcescent +
well-developed +
persistent +
cauline +  and basal +
reduced +
oblanceolate +  and narrowly obovate oblong or cuneate +
linear +  and oblanceolate +
palmate +  and pinnate +
Less (?) +, 1/4 (?) +  and 1/2 (?) +
inferior +  and superior +
clustered +, biseriate +  and superposed +
2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br /> (4 cm40 mm <br />0.04 m <br />) +
0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br /> (2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br />) +
0.75 cm7.5 mm <br />0.0075 m <br /> (0.8 cm8 mm <br />0.008 m <br />) +
0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br /> (0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br />) +
free +  and distinct +
4.5mm;7.5mm +
usually longer +
retuse;obcordate +
0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br /> (1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br />) +
0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br /> (0.6 cm6 mm <br />0.006 m <br />) +
10 cm100 mm <br />0.1 m <br /> (15 cm150 mm <br />0.15 m <br />) +
1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br /> (10 cm100 mm <br />0.1 m <br />) +
Flowering summer. +
adnate +, free +, connate +  and distinct +
pinnate +  and subpinnate +
45 cm450 mm <br />0.45 m <br /> (50 cm500 mm <br />0.5 m <br />) +
3 cm30 mm <br />0.03 m <br /> (45 cm450 mm <br />0.45 m <br />) +
Mem. Amer. Acad. Arts, n. s. +
not arillate +
0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br /> (0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br />) +
persistent +
free +  and distinct +
erect +  and spreading +
lanceolate +  and broadly ovate or deltate +
0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br /> (0.7 cm7 mm <br />0.007 m <br />) +
Endemic +  and Illustrated +
free +  and distinct +
not rooting +
reddish +  and green +
ascending +  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 +
papillate-swollen +  and tapered-filiform +
rough-thickened +
0.16 cm1.6 mm <br />0.0016 m <br /> (0.26 cm2.6 mm <br />0.0026 m <br />) +
Ivesia lemmonii +, Potentilla crinita var. lemmonii +  and P. lemmonii +
not fleshy-thickened +
Potentilla crinita +
Potentilla sect. Leucophyllae +
species +
1 (?) +  and 5 (?) +
0.1 cm1 mm <br />0.001 m <br /> (0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br />) +
inconspicuous +
enlarged +
biennial +, annual +  and perennial +
herb +  and matted +