Potentilla recta L., 1753

Common names

🇬🇧 Sulphur Cinquefoil
🇫🇷 Potentille droite, Potentille dressée

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 recta

Presence

Present.

Conservation status

Red List (Metropolitan France): LC Least Concern

Notes

The following infraspecific taxa are accepted:

P. recta subsp. crassa (Tausch ex Opiz) Rothm., 1963;
P. recta subsp. laciniosa (Waldst. & Kit. ex Nestl.) Nyman, 1878;
P. recta subsp. leucotricha (Borbás) Jáv., 1924;
P. recta subsp. levieri Arrigoni, 2018;
P. recta subsp. obscura (Willd.) Arcang., 1882;
P. recta subsp. pilosa (Willd.) Jáv., 1924;
P. recta subsp. recta L., 1753, P.

Photographs

img/potentilla-recta.webp — Potentilla recta

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

img/potentilla-recta-3.webp — Potentilla recta - Flower buds

Sources

Tison, J.M., & de Foucault, B. (2014). Flora Gallica : Flore de France (p. 989). Biotope.