Potentilla rimicola
Appearance
Potentilla rimicola | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Rosids |
Order: | Rosales |
Family: | Rosaceae |
Genus: | Potentilla |
Species: | P. rimicola
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Binomial name | |
Potentilla rimicola (Munz & I.M.Johnst.) Ertter
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Potentilla rimicola is a species of cinquefoil-Potentilla, known by the common name cliff cinquefoil.[2]
It is native to the San Jacinto Mountains in Riverside County of the Peninsular Ranges in Southern California where it is known from just a few occurrences, and to Baja California.[3] As its name suggests, it has been observed growing on cliff faces, its taproot anchoring in cracks in granite rock and its foliage hanging.
Description
[edit]Potentilla rimicola leaves are borne on long petioles, their palmate blades each divided into five toothed leaflets.
The inflorescence is a cluster of up to 20 flowers, each with five yellow petals under a centimeter in length.
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