Potentilla simplex Michx.
Common cinquefoil
Kingdom | Plantae | Plants, but not fungi, lichens, or algae |
Subkingdom | Tracheobionta | Vascular plants—plants with a “circulatory system” for delivering water and nutrients |
Division | Magnoliophyta | Flowering plants, also known as angiosperms |
Class | Magnoliopsida | Dicotyledons—plants with two initial seed leaves |
Subclass | Rosidae | Roses, legumes, proteas, dogwoods, hydrangeas, mistletoes, euphorbias, grapes, many more |
Order | Rosales | Rose family and eight others |
Family | Rosaceae | Includes apples, apricots, plums, cherries, peaches, pears, raspberries, strawberries, almonds, roses, meadowsweets, photinias, firethorns, rowans, and hawthorns; many others |
Genus | Potentilla | Latin for “powerful,” for the medicinal qualities of some species |
Species | simplex | “Simple, undivided, unbranched” |
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Resting place for a daddy longlegs. · 6/17/2010 · Mt. Lebanon St., Pepperell, Massachusetts · ≈ 6 × 4″ (15 × 10 cm)
6/2/2023 · Ovens Mouth West, Blue Trail, Boothbay, Maine
6/12/2023 · Viles Arboretum, Augusta, Maine
Potentilla simplex Michx. var. argyrisma Fernald
Potentilla simplex Michx. var. calvescens Fernald
Potentilla simplex Michx. var. typica Fernald
Potentilla simplex description by Thomas H. Kent, last updated 11 Jul 2023.
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5/27/2014 · Dunstable Rural Land Trust, Dunstable, Massachusetts · ≈ 7 × 4½″ (16 × 11 cm)
8/25/2009 · Nashua River Rail Trail, East Pepperell, Massachusetts · ≈ 7 × 11″ (18 × 27 cm) ID is uncertain
6/2/2023 · Ovens Mouth West, Blue Trail, Boothbay, Maine
8/25/2009 · Nashua River Rail Trail, East Pepperell, Massachusetts · ≈ 11 × 7″ (27 × 18 cm) ID is uncertain
6/2/2008 · Tom and Susan’s, Pepperell, Massachusetts · ≈ 1½ × 1′ (54 × 36 cm) ID is uncertain
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