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Potentilla reptans (Creeping Cinquefoil) |
Potentilla reptans (ROSACEAE.) Images for this profile are taken from the Maltese Islands at or after year 2000. |
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Nomenclature and Basic Information |
Species name : |
Potentilla reptans L. Published in L., Sp. Pl. 499 (1753) | Synonyms :
(basionym or principal syn.) |
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Plant Family : | Rosaceae
L. (The Rose Family) 34 species from the Rosaceae family are recorded from the Maltese Islands. | English name(s) : | Creeping Cinquefoil | Maltese name(s) : | Frawla selvaġġa | Status for Malta : | Indigenous. Present on the Maltese islands before man | Frequency : | Very Common Common
Frequent Scarce Rare
Very rare Extinct
| Growth form : |
Raunkiaer lifeform [info]: HEMICRYPTOPHYTE (prostate plants with flowers close to the ground)
Germination [info]: Dicotyledon | Legal Protection [link]: | Not Protected by Law (LN200/2011 or LN311/2006) | Red List (1989) : | Not listed in the Red Data Book of the Maltese Islands | Flowering Time : | Mar-Jun | Colour of Flowers: | Yellow |
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Species Description and Distribution |
Habitat in Europe: |
Data will be available in the next update of this website. |
Preferred habitat in Malta: |
Data will be available in the next update of this website. |
Botanical Description: |
Perennial; stock relatively slender with a persistent rosette of leaves; flowering stems 30-100 cm, procumbent, rooting at the nodes, glabrous or pubescent. Leaves digitate; leaflets 5(-7), 5-70 x 3-25 mm, obovate or oblong-obovate, dentate or serrate-dentate. Flowers 5-merous, all solitary, axillary. Sepals and epicalyx-segments variable. Petals (7-)8-12 mm, up to twice as long as sepals. Stamens c. 20. Carpels 60-120. Style conical at base, enlarged at apex. |
Chromosome number: |
2n=28 |
Distributional range: |
Europe except the extreme north. |
Distributional map in Europe and the Mediterranean region (2018):
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Occurrences in Europe. (from Flora Europaea pre year 1993): |
All except Faroe Islands, Iceland, Svalbard archipelago |
Occurrences in Europe and the Mediterranean region. (Euro+Med Checklist, 2017) -
Country codes |
Ab Ag Al Ar Au(A) Az(J M P) Be(B L) BH Bl(I M N) Br Bu By dCa(G) Cg Co Cr Cs Ct Cy Da Es Fe Ga(C F) Ge Gg Gr Hb(E N) He Ho Hs(A S) Hu IJ It La Li LS Lt Lu Ma dMd(M) Mk Mo Po Rf(C CS E K NW S) Rm Sa Si(M S) Sk Sl Sr Su Tn Tu(A E) Uk(K U) [No] |
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