Potentilla aurea L., 1756 41% complete

Golden cinquefoil

Cent. Pl. II: 18 (1756)

Data sources

Each value Trefle shows for Potentilla aurea, with what every source says about it. When sources disagree, the strongest source is shown (how sources are ranked). Values imported before sources were recorded one by one are marked Source not recorded.

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Sourced12 Differs from sources3 Source not recorded10 Not on the record5 Sources: TRY Plant Trait Database, Earlier Trefle data
Field Shown What the sources say
Core
Author L. No source recorded
Source not recorded
Bibliography Cent. Pl. II: 18 (1756) No source recorded
Source not recorded
Phylum Tracheophyta No source recorded
Source not recorded
Rank species No source recorded
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Status accepted No source recorded
Source not recorded
Year 1756 No source recorded
Source not recorded
Descriptive
Common name Golden cinquefoil No source recorded
Source not recorded
Family common name Rose family No source recorded
Source not recorded
Observations Europe No source recorded
Source not recorded
Morphology
Average height 5 cm
  • 4.6 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 69 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 25, 76, 164, 310, 468, 500, 519, 807, 832, 898
Differs from sources
Biological type hemicryptophyte
  • hemicryptophyte · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 7 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 4, 25, 71, 164, 500, 918
Sourced
Flower color yellow Sourced
Foliage texture empty Not on the record
Fruit shape empty Not on the record
Maximum height 15 cm
  • 15 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 2 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 25, 76, 164, 310, 468, 500, 519, 807, 832, 898
Sourced
Vegetable false No source recorded
Source not recorded
Phenology
Bloom months jun, jul, aug
  • jun|jul|aug · Earlier Trefle data · Reported · 2026-10-19
    value present before provenance tracking (2022 import), no source recorded
Differs from sources
Duration perennial
  • perennial · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 8 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 4, 110, 164, 432, 818, 918
Sourced
Ecology
Atmospheric humidity 5 / 9 · medium air humidity
  • 5 / 9 · medium air humidity · Earlier Trefle data · Reported · 2026-10-19
    value present before provenance tracking (2022 import), no source recorded
Sourced
Ground humidity 5 / 12 · fresh, never flooded (mesohydric)
  • 5 / 12 · fresh, never flooded (mesohydric) · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 2 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 242, 489
Sourced
Light 8 / 9 · light Sourced
Nitrogen fixation None
  • None · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 6 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 20, 57, 67, 71, 444, 445
Sourced
Ph maximum pH 5
  • pH 5 · Earlier Trefle data · Inferred · 2026-10-19
    value present before provenance tracking (2022 import), no source recorded derived from a Baseflor soil reaction class by the 2022 import, a class not a measurement
Sourced
Ph minimum pH 4.5
  • pH 4.5 · Earlier Trefle data · Inferred · 2026-10-19
    value present before provenance tracking (2022 import), no source recorded derived from a Baseflor soil reaction class by the 2022 import, a class not a measurement
Sourced
Soil nutriments 2 / 9 · very poor (peroligotrophic)
  • 3 / 9 · poor (oligotrophic) · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 2 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 242, 489
Differs from sources
Soil salinity 0 / 9 · absent from saline soils
  • 0 / 9 · absent from saline soils · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 2 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 242, 489
Sourced
Cultivation
Minimum root depth 11 cm Sourced
Usda legacy
C n ratio empty Not on the record
Other
Soil ph indicator — Not on the record
Temperature indicator — Not on the record