Potentilla erecta (L.) Raeusch., 1797 45% complete

Cinquefoil

Nomencl. Bot., ed. 3: 152 (1797)

Data sources

Each value Trefle shows for Potentilla erecta, 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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Sourced9 Differs from sources4 Source not recorded14 Not on the record7 Sources: TRY Plant Trait Database
Field Shown What the sources say
Core
Author (L.) Raeusch. No source recorded
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Bibliography Nomencl. Bot., ed. 3: 152 (1797) No source recorded
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Phylum Tracheophyta No source recorded
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Rank species No source recorded
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Status accepted No source recorded
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Year 1797 No source recorded
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Descriptive
Common name Cinquefoil No source recorded
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Family common name Rose family No source recorded
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Observations Azores, Morocco, Europe to W. Siberia and Türkiye No source recorded
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Morphology
Average height 9 cm
  • 8.96 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 62 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 25, 28, 45, 76, 86, 88, 116, 164, 174, 178, 192, 200, 203, 310, 500, 519, 807, 898, 918
Differs from sources
Biological type hemicryptophyte
  • hemicryptophyte · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 13 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 4, 25, 71, 164, 174, 178, 203, 500, 918
Sourced
Flower color yellow Sourced
Foliage texture empty Not on the record
Fruit shape empty Not on the record
Growth habit Forb/herb No source recorded
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Maximum height 28 cm
  • 27.5 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 2 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 25, 28, 45, 76, 86, 88, 116, 164, 174, 178, 192, 200, 203, 310, 500, 519, 807, 898, 918
Differs from sources
Sexuality hermaphrodite Sourced
Vegetable false No source recorded
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Phenology
Bloom months feb, may, jun, jul
  • feb, may, jun, jul · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 16 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 4, 45, 174, 203
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Duration perennial
  • perennial · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 10 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 4, 25, 71, 86, 110, 164, 178, 203, 818, 918
Sourced
Ecology
Atmospheric humidity 5 / 9 · medium air humidity No source recorded
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Ground humidity 7 / 12 · wet, flooded a few weeks a year (hygrophilous)
  • 7 / 12 · wet, flooded a few weeks a year (hygrophilous) · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 2 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 178, 489
Sourced
Light 6 / 9 · half-shade to half-light
  • 7 / 9 · half-light to light · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 2 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 178, 489
Differs from sources
Nitrogen fixation None
  • None · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 7 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 20, 57, 71, 89, 444, 445
Sourced
Ph maximum pH 5.5 No source recorded
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Ph minimum pH 5 No source recorded
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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 178, 489
Differs from sources
Soil salinity 0 / 9 · absent from saline soils
  • 0 / 9 · absent from saline soils · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 3 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 178, 242, 489
Sourced
Cultivation
Minimum root depth 54 cm Sourced
Usda legacy
C n ratio empty
  • 17.1 · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 22 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 76, 88, 228, 372, 412, 416, 468
Not on the record
Other
Propagation method — Not on the record
Shade tolerance — Not on the record
Soil ph indicator — Not on the record
Temperature indicator — Not on the record