| Potentilla arguta subsp. convallaria (Rydb.) Keck | |||
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| Family | Rosaceae — APG family: Rosaceae | ||
| Synonyms | Potentilla arguta var. convallaria (Rydb.) T. Wolf., Potentilla convallaria Rydb. | ||
| Description | Stems tall, erect, from stout, simple or branched caudex; basal leaves short-hirsute and glandular-puberulent, pinnate, with 7-9 ovate to elliptic, deeply serrate leaflets; stem strongly pilose, glandular above; inflorescence flat-topped with several erect branches; calyx lobes large, glandular, oblong-lanceolate, enlarged in fruit; petals pale yellow or creamy-white, shorter or slightly longer than sepals; achenes with slender style, inserted in middle of achene; glandular-roughened and thicker in middle. | ||
| Ecology | Rocky soil, dry slopes. P. arguta described from upper Louisiana. | ||
| Taxonomy notes | Broken line on circumpolar map indicates range of subsp. arguta. |
This is a digital representation of Eric Hultén’s ‘Flora of Alaska and Neighboring Territories: A Manual of the Vascular Plants’, which was published by Stanford University Press in 1968. The book was digitized by C. Webb (at UAMN) as part of the Flora of Alaska project, with funding by the US NSF (Grant 1759964 to Ickert-Bond & Webb), and with permission of Stanford University Press. Data and images © 1968 Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Jr. Univ. Usage licence: Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 4.0. NB: You may find OCR errors; please refer to the hard-copy if in doubt.