Potentilla uliginosa

B. C. Johnston & Ertter

J. Bot. Res. Inst. Texas 4: 14, fig. 1. 2010.

Common names: Cunningham Marsh cinquefoil
Conservation concernEndemic
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Plants rosetted to tufted; taproots not fleshy-thickened. Stems probably prostrate to decumbent, or ± ascending in supporting vegetation, 2.5–5.5 dm, lengths 1–2 times basal leaves. Basal leaves pinnate with distal leaflets ± confluent, 15–32 × 2–4 cm; petiole 5–10 (–15) cm, straight hairs absent or sparse to common, appressed, 0.5–1.5 mm, stiff, cottony hairs absent, glands absent or sparse; primary lateral leaflets 6–10 (–12) per side (irregularly paired), on distal ± 1/2 of leaf axis, loosely overlapping to proximally separate, largest ones cuneate to flabellate, 1.2–2.2 × 1–3 cm, ± whole margin unevenly incised 3/4 to nearly to midvein, ultimate segments (3–) 5–10 (–15), linear to narrowly oblanceolate, 5–17 × 1–2.5 mm, apical tufts less than 0.5 mm, surfaces green, not glaucous, straight hairs sparse (often glabrate adaxially), appressed, 0.5–1 (–1.5) mm, stiff, cottony hairs absent, glands absent or sparse. Cauline leaves 2. Inflorescences 6–10-flowered, very openly cymose. Pedicels 1–6 cm, ± recurved in fruit. Flowers: epicalyx bractlets narrowly elliptic to oblong-ovate, 4–6 × 1–2.5 mm; hypanthium 5–6 mm diam.; sepals 4–7 mm, apex acute; petals 6–10 × 5–8 mm; filaments (1.5–) 2–3 mm, anthers 0.7–1.2 mm; carpels ca. 10, styles 2.5–3.5 mm. Achenes 2–2.6 mm, smooth, ± carunculate.


Phenology: Flowering spring–summer.
Habitat: Permanent oligotrophic wetlands
Elevation: 30–40 m

Discussion

Of conservation concern.

Potentilla uliginosa is known only from a handful of historical collections from Cunningham Marsh, one of three wetlands in southern Sonoma County that harbor a suite of disjunct and regionally rare species (B. C. Johnston and B. Ertter 2010). Although previously included in P. hickmanii, P. uliginosa differs in having woodier caudices, longer stems and leaves, and more deeply incised leaflets occupying less of the leaf axis. Potentilla uliginosa is presumed extinct; however, a morphologically comparable collection of the P. millefolia complex from Josephine County, Oregon (Deer Creek, near Selma, 14 June 1929, Applegate 5735, UC), opens the possibility of additional undiscovered populations in the mountains of northwestern California.

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.

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... more about "Potentilla uliginosa"
smooth +  and faintly rugose +
2mm +  and 2.6mm +
0.07 cm0.7 mm <br />7.0e-4 m <br /> (0.12 cm1.2 mm <br />0.0012 m <br />) +
Barbara Ertter +
B. C. Johnston & Ertter +
compound +  and simple +
15 cm150 mm <br />0.15 m <br /> (32 cm320 mm <br />0.32 m <br />) +
2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br /> (4 cm40 mm <br />0.04 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 +
Cunningham Marsh cinquefoil +
not +  and aggregated +
30–40 m +
0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br /> (0.6 cm6 mm <br />0.006 m <br />) +
narrowly elliptic +  and oblong-ovate +
0.1 cm1 mm <br />0.001 m <br /> (0.25 cm2.5 mm <br />0.0025 m <br />) +
0.15 cm1.5 mm <br />0.0015 m <br /> (0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br />) +
0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 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 />) +
sparse;sparse +
Permanent oligotrophic wetlands +
stoloniferous +  and short-rhizomatous +
0.1 cm1 mm <br />0.001 m <br /> (0.15 cm1.5 mm <br />0.0015 m <br />) +
straight +
sparse +  and dense +
spreading +  and more or less appressed +
sparse +  and common +
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 />) +
0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br /> (0.6 cm6 mm <br />0.006 m <br />) +
0.5mm;2.5mm +
turbinate +, patelliform +  and cupulate +
cymose +  and 6-10-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 +
4 cm40 mm <br />0.04 m <br /> (6 cm60 mm <br />0.06 m <br />) +
1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br /> (6 cm60 mm <br />0.06 m <br />) +
1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br /> (1.2 cm12 mm <br />0.012 m <br />) +
free +  and distinct +
6mm;10mm +
obcordate +
0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br /> (1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br />) +
0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br /> (0.8 cm8 mm <br />0.008 m <br />) +
10 cm100 mm <br />0.1 m <br /> (15 cm150 mm <br />0.15 m <br />) +
5 cm50 mm <br />0.05 m <br /> (10 cm100 mm <br />0.1 m <br />) +
Flowering spring–summer. +
adnate +, free +, connate +  and distinct +
loosely overlapping +  and proximally separate +
1.2 cm12 mm <br />0.012 m <br /> (2.2 cm22 mm <br />0.022 m <br />) +
1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br /> (3 cm30 mm <br />0.03 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 +
J. Bot. Res. Inst. Texas +
not arillate +
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 />) +
Conservation concern +  and Endemic +
free +  and distinct +
not rooting +
reddish +  and green +
ascending +  and decumbent +
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 +
0.25 cm2.5 mm <br />0.0025 m <br /> (0.35 cm3.5 mm <br />0.0035 m <br />) +
not glaucous +
Potentilla sect. Candicantes +
not fleshy-thickened +
Potentilla uliginosa +
Potentilla sect. Multijugae +
species +
1 (?) +  and 5 (?) +
inconspicuous +
enlarged +
0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br /> (1.7 cm17 mm <br />0.017 m <br />) +
0.1 cm1 mm <br />0.001 m <br /> (0.25 cm2.5 mm <br />0.0025 m <br />) +
rosetted +  and tufted +
biennial +, annual +  and perennial +