Potentilla_sterilis

<i>Potentilla sterilis</i>

Potentilla sterilis

Species of flowering plant in the rose family Rosaceae

Not to be confused with Waldsteinia fragarioides also called barren strawberry, or mock strawberry (Potentilla indica).

Quick Facts Potentilla sterilis, Scientific classification ...

Potentilla sterilis, also called strawberryleaf cinquefoil[2] or barren strawberry, is a perennial herbaceous species of flowering plant in the rose family, Rosaceae. It is native to Europe.

Description

Leaves resemble those of strawberries

The plant looks rather like wild woodland strawberry (Fragaria vesca), or a cultivated strawberry, but is a smaller plant, with smaller flowers, and it does not form fleshy fruit. After the petals have fallen from a flower no obvious fruit forms. The petals are usually well separated from one another, not overlapping as in Fragaria vesca. Another distinguishing feature, illustrated in the photograph at left, is that the terminal tooth of the leaflets is usually shorter than the adjacent teeth and the leaves are matt and darker green.[3][4]

References

  1. [1]
    Mabberley, D. J. (2002), "Potentilla and Fragaria (Rosaceae) reunited" (PDF), Telopea, 9 (4): 793–801, doi:10.7751/telopea20024018, archived from the original (PDF) on 2009-10-02
  2. [2]
    USDA, NRCS (n.d.). "Potentilla sterilis". The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov). Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team. Retrieved 13 October 2015.
  3. [3]
    Stace, C. A. (2010). New Flora of the British Isles (Third ed.). Cambridge, U.K.: Cambridge University Press. p. 257. ISBN 9780521707725.
  4. [4]
    "POTENTILLA STERILIS / FRAGARIA VESCA, VEGETATIVE" (PDF). Bsbi.org.uk. Retrieved 2022-03-25.


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