Potentilla reptans L., 1753

Common names

🇬🇧 Creeping Cinquefoil
🇫🇷 Potentille rampante, Quintefeuille

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 reptans

Presence

Present.

Conservation status

Red List (Metropolitan France): LC Least Concern

Notes

Possible confusion with P. erecta (L.) Raeusch., 1797, which has ascending stems, while P. reptans has creeping, stoloniferous stems.

Hybridizes with P. anglica Laich., 1790 to produce P. × mixta Nolte ex Rchb., 1842, P.

Photographs

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

img/potentilla-reptans-3.webp — Potentilla reptans

img/potentilla-reptans.webp — Potentilla reptans

Sources

Tison, J.M., & de Foucault, B. (2014). Flora Gallica : Flore de France (p. 988). Biotope.