Potentilla sundaica (Bl.) Kuntze, Revisio generum plantarum; 1891 219 1891. (syn: Fragaria sundaica Bl.; Potentilla anemonifolia Lehm.; Potentilla anemonifolia f. suoensis Naruh.; Potentilla inclinata var. laxa Franch. & Sav.; Potentilla kleiniana Wight & Arn.; Potentilla kleiniana var. anemonefolia (Lehm.) Nakai; Potentilla kleiniana subsp. anemonifolia (Lehm.) Murata; Potentilla kleiniana var. robusta (Franch. & Sav.) Kitag.; Potentilla reptans var. trifoliolata A. Gray ex Miq.; Potentilla savatieri Cardot; Potentilla sundaica var. robusta (Franch. & Savatier) M. Kitagawa; Potentilla wallichiana Del.; Potentilla wallichiana var. anemonifolia (Lehm.) Nakai; Potentilla wallichiana var. minor Nakai; Potentilla wallichiana var. robusta (Franch. & Sav.) Wolf; Potentilla wallichiana f. robusta Franch. & Sav.; Potentilla wallichiana var. ternata Wolf);
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Rosetted herb with spreading prostrate stems up to 45cm. Leaves palmately (3-)5-foliate; leaflets obovate 0.5-2.0 x 0.3-1.2cm, apex rounded, base cuneate, margins serrate, ± glabrous above, appressed pubescent beneath; petioles up to 7cm; stipules lanceolate 1-1.5cm. Flowers 2-5 in small terminal cymes. Calyx lobes 3-4mm. Petals obovate 3-5 x 2mm, yellow. Achenes ellipsoid 1mm, glabrous. Potentilla sp. for ID ABAUG2016/64 : 5 posts by 2 authors. 4 images.
Found this growing near a rainwater drain on my walk today. I almost missed it thinking it to be the Duchesnea but thankfully noticed the leaves arranged in fives. I think this is a Potentilla species (P. sundaica?). Please advise
Above Mcleodganj, HP
1950m
25 August 2016 We could consider P. kleiniana too. Please advise. I think seem to match with images at
http://www.gbif.org/occurrence/912583529
Potentilla kleiniana Wight & Arn. is a synonym for Potentilla sundaica (Bl.) Kuntze .
Location:Central Nepal, Kathmandu
Date: 04 June 2021
Elevation: 1400m.
Habit : Wild on pot! Syn : Potentilla kleiniana Wight & Arn.
Everything matched with ID … Have not experience with this sp. that’s why thinking only,
. References: Catalogue of Life The Plant List Ver.1.1 GBIF (with Type specimen) Flora of Pakistan FOP illustration Flora of Nepal – On-line accounts Flora Malesiana India Biodiversity Portal Bhutan Biodiversity Portal Wikimedia Commons |