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Potentilla
rubricaulis (Red-stem Cinquefoil) Rosaceae (Rose Family) Alpine. Gravel and
scree.
Summer. Bright yellow flowers look just a little too close to the ground to be Mountain Avens or one of the many other Potentillas. When one works down to their tiny level, one finds miniatures of the larger Cinquefoils but with noticeably maroon-red stems which usually recline. Petals are the characteristic Cinquefoil-yellow with a blush of orange at their base.
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Potentilla
rubricaulis (Red-stem Cinquefoil) Rosaceae (Rose Family) Alpine. Gravel and
scree.
Summer. John Richardson collected the first specimen of this lovely plant for science in Canada in the 1820s and it was named and described by Johann Lehmann in 1830. |
Range map © John Kartesz,
County Color Key
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Range map for Potentilla rubricaulis |