PLANTS Profile for Potentilla rubricaulis (Rocky Mountain cinquefoil)

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PLANTS Profile

Potentilla rubricaulis Lehm.
Rocky Mountain cinquefoil

Symbol:

PORU3

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Rosaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Forb/herb
Subshrub

Native Status:

L48		N
AK		N
CAN		N
GL		N

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Potentilla rubricaulis Lehm.

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Synonyms:
Potentilla rubricaulis Lehm.

	POCOM2	Potentilla concinna Richardson var. modesta (Rydb.) S.L. Welsh & B.C. Johnst.
	POMO12	Potentilla modesta Rydb.
	POPA24	Potentilla paucijuga Rydb.
	POPEP3	Potentilla pensylvanica L. var. paucijuga (Rydb.) S.L. Welsh & B.C. Johnst.
	POPEV2	Potentilla pensylvanica L. var. virgulata (A. Nelson) T. Wolf
	PORUD	Potentilla rubricaulis Lehm. var. dasyphylla Ledeb.
	PORUP	Potentilla rubricaulis Lehm. var. pedersenii Rydb.
	POSA20	Potentilla saximontana Rydb.
	POVI6	Potentilla virgulata A. Nelson

Distribution:
Potentilla rubricaulis Lehm.


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USA (AK, CO, MT, NM, NV, UT, WY), CAN (AB, MB, NT, NU, YT), DEN (GL)

Related Taxa:
Potentilla rubricaulis Lehm.

View 72 genera in Rosaceae, 84 species in Potentilla

Classification:
Potentilla rubricaulis Lehm.

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass	Rosidae
Order	Rosales
Family	Rosaceae – Rose family
Genus	Potentilla L. – cinquefoil
Species	Potentilla rubricaulis Lehm. – Rocky Mountain cinquefoil

Wetland Indicator Status:

NOTE: On June 1, 2012, the 2012 National Wetland Plant List superseded the information below (see Federal Register, May 9, 2012, 77(90): 27210-27214[https://federalregister.gov/a/2012-11176]). For updated wetland information about this species, see the latest wetland list.

Potentilla rubricaulis Lehm.

Potentilla virgulata:

Nat. Ind.

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Reg. 0

Reg. A

Reg. C

Reg. H

FACU

Interpreting Wetland Indicator Status

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Potentilla rubricaulis Lehm.

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 504589.

Time Generated: 05/19/2013 07:54 AM CDT