A Checklist of the Vascular Plants of Washington State
Hosted by the University of Washington Herbarium, Burke Museum
Hosted by the University of Washington Herbarium, Burke Museum
Last updated 3/4/2013 by David Giblin.
Potentilla rubricaulis Lehm.[FNA9, HC2]
red-stemmed cinquefoil, snow cinquefoil
[This taxon is excluded from Washington]
Publication: Nov. Stirp. Pug. 2: 11. 1830.
Origin:
selected vouchers: WWB
Notes: FNA Potentilla author B. Ertter believes the specimen Western Washington University Herbarium specimen upon which this occurrence is based (Taylor 6503: WWB-19767, Okanogan County, WA) is either P. jepsonii or some other entity. Through personal communication with D. Giblin she confirmed that P. rubricaulis is known only from northwestern Canada and southeastern Alaska.
References: (none)
Synonyms & Misapplied Names:
Pentaphyllum effusum Lunell
Pentaphyllum hippianum Lunell
Potentilla altaica Bunge
Potentilla diffusa Gray
Potentilla filicaulis Rydb.
Potentilla nivea L. ssp. chionodes Hiitonen
Potentilla nivea L. var. macrophylla Ser.
Potentilla nivea L. var. pentaphylla Lehm.[ILBC]
Potentilla pennsylvanica var. hippiana T. & G.
Potentilla quinquefolia (Rydb.) Rydb.[HC]
