Potentilla clarkei – eFlora of India

December 30, 2011
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Potentilla clarkei Hook.f., Fl. Brit. India [J. D. Hooker] 2: 351. 1878 [Jul 1878];

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Rosaceae Week: Potentilla clarkei from Kashmir:

Potentilla clarkei Hook.f., Fl. Brit. India [J. D. Hooker] 2: 351. 1878

Plant endemic to Kashmir, an erect herb covered with long silky hairs; leaves with 5-7 leaflets, lower leaflets much smaller than upper; stipules leafy, semi-ovate; inflorescence stiff, branched, with sessile leafy involucre; flowers 12-14 mm across, yellow; pedicel 1.5-2.5 cm long; petals yellow, obovate; achenes large, on elevated receptacle

Photographed from mountain above Cheshmashahi in Srinagar Kashmir and Pahalgam Kashmir.

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Rosaceae Fortnight: Potentilla clarkei from Kashmir-GSSEP39/39 : 1 post by 1 author. Attachments (4)

Potentilla clarkei Hook.f., Fl. Brit. India [J. D. Hooker] 2: 351. 1878

Plant endemic to Kashmir, an erect herb covered with long silky hairs; leaves with 5-7 leaflets, lower leaflets much smaller than upper; stipules leafy, semi-ovate; inflorescence stiff, branched, with sessile leafy involucre; flowers 12-14 mm across, yellow; pedicel 1.5-2.5 cm long; petals yellow, obovate; achenes large, on elevated receptacle

Photographed from mountain above Cheshmashahi in Srinagar Kashmir and Pahalgam Kashmir.

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from Kashmir; Pahalgam on June 20, 2010;

potentilla gerardiana from Kashmir – A re-look for P. clarkei – efloraofindia | Google Groups

Potentilla gerardiana from Kashmir – efloraofindia | Google Groups

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