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Holmgren Cinquefoil (Potentilla holmgrenii)

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Photo by currenfrasch; rhjackso; gretchenb
Curren Frasch; Remington Jackson; Gretchen Baker

Holmgren Cinquefoil
Holmgren Cinquefoil (Potentilla holmgrenii)

Photo by currenfrasch; rhjackso; gretchenb
Curren Frasch; Remington Jackson; Gretchen Baker

Potentilla holmgrenii

NatureServe conservation status

Global (G-rank): G2
State (S-rank): S1

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Phenology

Flowering in the summertime.

Diagnostic characteristics

Potentilla holmgrenii is distinguished by its forward facing lateral leaflets and teeth, which are also thicker and more densely hairy than the similar P. nivea.

Species range

Potentilla holmgrenii is found in the Schell Creek and Snake ranges in eastern Nevada and the adjacent Deep Creek Range in Utah.

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Multicellular organisms that are autotrophic or make complex carbohydrates from basic constituents. Most use photosynthesis.

Flowering plants that produce seeds enclosed in an ovary

Multicellular organisms that develop from the fertilization of an egg by a sperm. Heterotrophic - obtain food by ingestion.

Have skulls and backbones.

Cold blooded, lay eggs on land

Have feathers and lay eggs

Invertebrates with an exoskeleton, jointed appendages, and segmented bodies

Animals having 3 pair of legs, 3 body sections, generally 1 or 2 pair of wings, 1 pair of antennae.

Soft bodied animals with an internal or external shell and a toothed tongue or radula. Have a mantle that lines and secretes the shell and a muscular foot that allows for movement.

Two hinged lateral shells and a wedged shaped "foot". Bivalves lack tentacles and a head.

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