Dasiphora
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 Dasiphora fruticosa in flower
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About 8-9 species, including: |
Dasiphora is a genus of about 8-9 species of small shrubs in the rose family Rosaceae, native to Asia, with the exception of one species D. fruticosa (Shrubby Cinquefoil), with a circumpolar range across the entire cool temperate Northern Hemisphere. In the past, the genus was normally included in Potentilla (as Potentilla sect. Rhopalostylae), but genetic evidence has shown it to be distinct.
The leaves are divided into five (occasionally three or seven) leaflets arranged pinnately, whence the name cinquefoil (French, cinque feuilles, "five leaves").
- Nomenclatural note
The name Dasiphora fruticosa has been shown to be invalid; the new combination Dasiphora floribunda (basionym Pentaphylloides floribunda Pursh) has been proposed, but not yet formally published.
[edit] External links
- US Forest Service factsheet
- Flora of China (as Potentilla sect. Rhopalostylae)
