Potentilla erecta (L.) Raeusch., 1797

Common names

🇬🇧 Tormentil
🇫🇷 Potentille dressée, Potentille tormentille, Tormentille

Taxonomy

Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Superrosids
Clade: Rosids
Clade: Fabids
Order: Rosales
Family: Rosaceae
Subfamily: Rosoideae
Tribe: Potentilleae
Subtribe: Potentillinae
Genus: Potentilla
Species: Potentilla erecta

Presence

Present.

Conservation status

Red List (Metropolitan France): LC Least Concern
Red List (Europe): LC Least Concern

Notes

Possible confusion with P. reptans L., 1753, which has creeping, stoloniferous stems, while P. erecta has ascending stems.

The following infraspecific taxa are accepted:

P. erecta var. erecta (L.) Raeusch., 1797, P;
P. erecta var. strictissima (Zimmeter) Beck, 1912.

Photographs

img/potentilla-erecta.webp — Potentilla erecta

img/potentilla-erecta-2.webp — Potentilla erecta

img/potentilla-erecta-3.webp — Potentilla erecta - Leaves

Sources

Khela, S. (2012). Potentilla erecta (Europe assessment). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species, 2012. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/203438/2765459
Tison, J.M., & de Foucault, B. (2014). Flora Gallica : Flore de France (p. 987). Biotope.