Potentilla reptans

Creeping Cinquefoil ( P. reptans )

Creeping Cinquefoil ( Potentilla reptans ), also called Creeping gander, is a flowering plant in the rose family ( Rosaceae ).

Description

Creeping Cinquefoil is a perennial herbaceous plant. All stems are creeping and rooted at the nodes. The foothills reach a length of 30 to 100 centimeters. The type has a thin taproot, which is up to 45 cm long. The long -stalked leaves are fünfzählig fingered and serrated on the edge.

The five petals contain five golden-yellow petals. These are available individually on a long, the leaves usually superior pedicle. The bloom reached a diameter of 17 to 20 millimeters. The pens are narrowed at the base. The outer sepals are much bent outward. Each flower produces 200-240 nutlets, which are spread by ants.

Bloom time is from June to August.

Occurrence

Creeping Cinquefoil is eurasia table spread. The nitrogen- loving plant prefers thrives on moist meadows, damp ruderal, ruderal swards (about railway ballast ), roadsides, banks and fields. In Valais, it rises up to 1750 m.

Parasites

Brown, pea-sized gall on the root neck caused by the gall wasp Xestophanes potentillae. Furthermore, the rust fungus Frommeëlla tormentillae, powdery mildew Sphaerotheca aphanis and downy mildew Peronospora parasitized potentillae - reptantis on the Creeping Cinquefoil. As in other cinquefoil species of ascomycete Ramularia grevilleana also occurs on Creeping Cinquefoil.