Potentilla multijuga

Lehmann

Index Seminum (Hamburg) 1849: 6. 1849.

Common names: Ballona or lost cinquefoil
Conservation concernEndemic
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Plants ± rosetted; taproots ± fleshy-thickened. Stems prostrate to ascending, 2–5 (–7) dm, lengths 1–2 times basal leaves. Basal leaves pinnate with distal leaflets ± confluent, 10–22 × 1.5–3.5 cm; petiole (2–) 4–10 cm, straight hairs absent or sparse, appressed, 0.5–1.5 mm, stiff, cottony hairs absent, glands absent; primary lateral leaflets 3–8 per side, on distal 1/3–2/3 of leaf axis, ± separate, largest ones cuneate to obovate, 1–2.2 × 0.8–1.5 cm, distal 1/3–2/3 of margin ± evenly incised ± 1/2 to midvein, ultimate teeth 3–6, ± ovate, 2–6 × 1.5–3 mm, apical tufts absent, surfaces green, not glaucous, straight hairs sparse to nearly absent (except on margins), ± appressed, 0.5–1 mm, stiff, cottony hairs absent, glands absent or sparse. Cauline leaves 1–3. Inflorescences 3–10 (–20) -flowered, very openly cymose, sometimes racemiform. Pedicels 1.5–3.5 (–5) cm, ± recurved in fruit. Flowers: epicalyx bractlets ovate-elliptic, 2.5–4 (–5) × 1.5–3 mm, sometimes toothed; hypanthium 4–6 mm diam.; sepals 4–6 (–7) mm, apex acute, rarely acuminate; petals 4.5–10 × 4–10 mm; filaments 1.5–3 (–4.5) mm, anthers 0.7–1 mm; carpels 5–10, styles 2–3 mm. Achenes 1.8–2 mm, smooth to faintly rugose, possibly carunculate.


Phenology: Flowering spring–early summer.
Habitat: Brackish coastal meadows or marshes
Elevation: 0–10 m

Discussion

Of conservation concern.

Potentilla multijuga is known only from a handful of collections made in the 1890s near the current site of Los Angeles International Airport. All efforts to locate extant plants have failed; the species is presumed extinct. Continued use of P. multijuga for this species required conservation of the name with a conserved type, because the type designated by Lehmann is a specimen of Horkelia cuneata Lindley var. cuneata (B. Ertter and J. L. Reveal 2008).

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.

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... more about "Potentilla multijuga"
smooth +  and faintly rugose +
1.8mm +  and 2mm +
0.07 cm0.7 mm <br />7.0e-4 m <br /> (0.1 cm1 mm <br />0.001 m <br />) +
acuminate;acute +
Barbara Ertter +
Lehmann +
compound +  and simple +
10 cm100 mm <br />0.1 m <br /> (22 cm220 mm <br />0.22 m <br />) +
1.5 cm15 mm <br />0.015 m <br /> (3.5 cm35 mm <br />0.035 m <br />) +
Multijugae +
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 +
Ballona or lost cinquefoil +
not +  and aggregated +
0–10 m +
0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br /> (0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br />) +
0.25 cm2.5 mm <br />0.0025 m <br /> (0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br />) +
toothed +  and ovate-elliptic +
0.15 cm1.5 mm <br />0.0015 m <br /> (0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br />) +
0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br /> (0.45 cm4.5 mm <br />0.0045 m <br />) +
0.15 cm1.5 mm <br />0.0015 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 />) +
Brackish coastal meadows or marshes +
stoloniferous +  and short-rhizomatous +
straight +
sparse +  and dense +
spreading +  and more or less appressed +
sparse +  and nearly absent +
crisped +
0.05 cm0.5 mm <br />5.0e-4 m <br /> (0.1 cm1 mm <br />0.001 m <br />) +
not differentiated +
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 />) +
0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br /> (0.6 cm6 mm <br />0.006 m <br />) +
0.5mm;2.5mm +
turbinate +, patelliform +  and cupulate +
racemiform +, cymose +  and 3-10(-20)-flowered +
crassinucellate +
bipinnate +, odd-pinnate +, subpalmate +, palmate +  and ternate +
opposite +  and alternate +
marcescent +
well-developed +
persistent +
cauline +  and basal +
reduced +
not +  and overlapping +
oblanceolate +  and obovate oblong cuneate flabellate or elliptic +
linear +  and oblanceolate +
palmate +  and pinnate +
inferior +  and superior +
clustered +, biseriate +  and superposed +
3.5 cm35 mm <br />0.035 m <br /> (5 cm50 mm <br />0.05 m <br />) +
1.5 cm15 mm <br />0.015 m <br /> (3.5 cm35 mm <br />0.035 m <br />) +
1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br /> (1.2 cm12 mm <br />0.012 m <br />) +
free +  and distinct +
4.5mm;10mm +
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 /> (1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br />) +
2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br /> (4 cm40 mm <br />0.04 m <br />) +
4 cm40 mm <br />0.04 m <br /> (10 cm100 mm <br />0.1 m <br />) +
Flowering spring–early summer. +
adnate +, free +, connate +  and distinct +
1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br /> (2.2 cm22 mm <br />0.022 m <br />) +
0.8 cm8 mm <br />0.008 m <br /> (1.5 cm15 mm <br />0.015 m <br />) +
20 cm200 mm <br />0.2 m <br /> (32 cm320 mm <br />0.32 m <br />) +
2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br /> (20 cm200 mm <br />0.2 m <br />) +
often not much longer +
Index Seminum (Hamburg) +
not arillate +
0.6 cm6 mm <br />0.006 m <br /> (0.7 cm7 mm <br />0.007 m <br />) +
persistent +
free +  and distinct +
erect +  and spreading +
lanceolate +  and broadly ovate or deltate +
0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br /> (0.6 cm6 mm <br />0.006 m <br />) +
Conservation concern +  and Endemic +
free +  and distinct +
not rooting +
reddish +  and green +
prostrate +  and ascending +
prostrate to decumbent +
1 +  and many +
not flagelliform +
palmate +  and pinnate +
linear;ovate +
0.15 cm1.5 mm <br />0.0015 m <br /> (0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br />) +
deciduous +
distinct +
subapical +
papillate-swollen +  and filiform +
rough-thickened +
0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br /> (0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br />) +
not glaucous +
Potentilla sect. Candicantes +
fleshy-thickened +
Potentilla multijuga +
Potentilla sect. Multijugae +
species +
1 (?) +  and 5 (?) +
inconspicuous +
enlarged +
0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br /> (0.6 cm6 mm <br />0.006 m <br />) +
0.15 cm1.5 mm <br />0.0015 m <br /> (0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br />) +
biennial +, annual +  and perennial +