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Potentilla rimicola

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Potentilla rimicola

Imperiled  (NatureServe)[1]
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Rosales
Family: Rosaceae
Genus: Potentilla
Species:
P. rimicola
Binomial name
Potentilla rimicola
(Munz & I.M.Johnst.) Ertter

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

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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.

References

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  1. ^ "NatureServe Explorer 2.0".
  2. ^ USDA Plants Profile
  3. ^ http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/cgi-bin/get_JM_treatment.pl?6677,6824,6863 Jepson
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