Vascular Plants of the Gila Wilderness

Presented in Association with the
Western New Mexico University Department of Natural Sciences

Potentilla paradoxa Nuttall
(Diffuse Potentilla)

Family: Rosaceae

Status: Native

Synonyms:
None

Potentilla paradoxa is an annual or biennial cinquefoil that can be either ascending or spreading. The style is terminal and the petals are yellow. It is herbaceous with leafy bracted cymes. The leaves are pinnately compound with 7-11 leaflets on the lowermost leaves. The leaflets are crenate to serrate. There are 15-20 stamens on the flowers.
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Potentilla paradoxa, photo Russ Kleinman, Bill Norris, & Kelly Kindscher, Quemado Lake, Aug. 11, 2009



Potentilla paradoxa, closeup of flower, photo Russ Kleinman, Bill Norris, & Kelly Kindscher, Quemado Lake, Aug. 11, 2009



Potentilla paradoxa, closeup of branch, photo Russ Kleinman, Bill Norris, & Kelly Kindscher, Quemado Lake, Aug. 11, 2009


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