| Spring Cinquefoil | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| Order: | Rosales |
| Family: | Rosaceae |
| Genus: | Potentilla |
| Species: | P. neumanniana |
| Binomial name | |
| Potentilla neumanniana Rchb. |
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| Synonyms | |
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Potentilla tabernaemontani Asch. (nom. illeg.) |
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Potentilla neumanniana, the Spring Cinquefoil or Spotted Cinquefoil, is a flowering plant of the cinquefoil genus (Potentilla) in the rose family (Rosaceae). It was first scientifically described by H.G.L. Reichenbach in 1832.
Some sources call it P. tabernaemontani, but that name, established later on by P.F.A. Ascherson, is not valid. The name P. verna was misapplied to this species; actually, as originally described by Linnaeus, it refers to the Alpine Cinquefoil (P. crantzii).
This is a fairly nondescript species of cinquefoil. Its typical five-fingered leaves and – in early spring – five-petalled yellow flowers borne on low-lying stems. As its common name implies, in most of its range it is one of the first cinquefoils to bloom. It can utilize dry marginal habitat, such as roadsides, dry meadows and even talus. Thus it can be used for rock gardens, providing bright bunches of bright yellow when few other plants bloom.
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