Potentilla

Clusius cinquefoil ( Potentilla clusiana )

The plant genus of herbs fingers ( Potentilla ) belongs to the rose family ( Rosaceae ) and comprises about 300 to 500 species.

Description

The Potentilla species are mostly herbaceous plants, rarely are one-, two -year-old plants or shrubs. The stems are erect or creeping. The composite leaves are fingered or pinnate, the stipules more or less adherent to the petioles.

The flowers are borne singly or in zymösen inflorescences. The hermaphroditic, flowers are radial symmetry fünfzählig. The five sepals alternate with the addition of five sepals. The five free petals are usually yellow, rarely white or purple. There are usually many ( about 20 ) stamens present. The most many carpels are free. Finger herbs grow well on rich soils and grow best in sunny locations.

Others

Some cinquefoil species and varieties are also popular ornamental plants for gardens and parks. Finger herbs were formerly used for the control of the Ruhr, hence the old name "Ruhr herb".

Types (selection)

The genus of herbs fingers ( Potentilla ) comprises about 300 to 500 species:

  • Potentilla acaulis L.
  • White cinquefoil ( Potentilla alba L.)
  • Low- Lying cinquefoil ( family group ) ( Potentilla anglica spawning. Agg. )
  • Geese cinquefoil ( Potentilla anserina L.)
  • Potentilla arctica Rouy
  • Sand cinquefoil ( Potentilla arenaria Borkh. )
  • Silver cinquefoil ( Potentilla argentea L.)
  • Potentilla argyrophylla Wall. ex clay.
  • Potentilla astracanica Jacq.
  • Blood Red cinquefoil ( Potentilla atrosanguinea Lodd. , G. Lodd. & W. Lodd. )
  • Gold cinquefoil ( Potentilla aurea L.)
  • Potentilla betonicifolia Poir.
  • Potentilla bifurca L.
  • Potentilla borneensis ( Stapf ) Kalkman
  • Dwarf cinquefoil ( Potentilla brauneana Hoppe ex Nestl. )
  • Potentilla Callieri ( T.Wolf ) Juz.
  • Limestone rock cinquefoil ( Potentilla caulescens L.), is found in the Alps and in the mountains of southern Europe
  • Potentilla chamissonis Hultén, occurs in the Arctic
  • Potentilla chrysantha Trevir.
  • Clusius cinquefoil ( Potentilla clusiana Jacq. )
  • Hill cinquefoil ( Potentilla collina Wib. )
  • Potentilla conferta Bunge
  • Bloodroot ( Potentilla erecta (L.) noise. )
  • Glacier cinquefoil ( Potentilla frigida Vill. )
  • Finger shrub ( Potentilla fruticosa L.; Syn: Dasiphora fruticosa (L.) Rydb. )
  • Bald cinquefoil ( Potentilla glabra Lodd. )
  • Potentilla grammopetala Moretti, an endemic of the central Alps
  • Reddish cinquefoil ( Potentilla heptaphylla L.)
  • Potentilla hirta L., occurs only in the western Mediterranean area
  • Polar cinquefoil ( Potentilla hyparctica Malta)
  • Grey cinquefoil ( Potentilla inclinata Vill. )
  • Mock Strawberry ( Potentilla indica ( G. Jackson) T. Wolf, formerly Duchesnea indica G. Jackson) Focke )
  • Middle cinquefoil ( Potentilla intermedia L.)
  • Potentilla longifolia Willd. ex Schltdl.
  • Hoary Cinquefoil ( Potentilla micrantha Ram. Ex DC. )
  • Potentilla montana bread., Occurs only in Portugal, Spain, France and Belgium
  • Vielspaltiges cinquefoil ( Potentilla multifida L.)
  • Spring cinquefoil ( Potentilla neumanniana Rchb. )
  • Potentilla nevadensis Boiss.
  • Dolomite cinquefoil ( Potentilla nitida L.), occurs only in the Southern Alps and the Apennines ago
  • Potentilla nivea L.
  • Norwegian cinquefoil ( Potentilla norvegica L.)
  • Marsh Cinquefoil ( Potentilla palustris (L.) Scop; Syn. Comarum palustre L.)
  • Potentilla patula Waldst. & Kit.
  • Potentilla pedata Nestl.
  • Potentilla pensylvanica L.
  • Star -haired Spring cinquefoil ( Potentilla pusilla host)
  • High cinquefoil ( Potentilla recta L.)
  • Creeping Cinquefoil ( Potentilla reptans L.)
  • Rock cinquefoil ( Potentilla rupestris L.)
  • Saxifrage cinquefoil ( Potentilla Saxifraga Ardoino ex De Not. ), Occurs only in the Maritime Alps
  • Strawberry cinquefoil ( Potentilla sterilis (L.) Garcke )
  • Potentilla L. stipularis
  • Low cinquefoil ( Potentilla supina L.)
  • Thüringisches cinquefoil ( Potentilla thuringiaca Bernh. )
  • Potentilla thyrsiflora Huels. ex Zimmeter
  • Maritime Alps cinquefoil ( Potentilla Valderia L.), occurs only in the Maritime Alps
  • Wismar hill cinquefoil ( Potentilla wismariensis T. Gregory & Executioner )

Naming

The name derives from the fact that in many species the leaves are fingered fünfzählig. This is reflected also in other languages ​​. The French cinque feuilles mean the English cinquefoil and the Latin quinquefolium " five leaves ".

Documents

  • Manfred A. Fischer, Wolfgang Adler, Karl Oswald: Exkursionsflora for Austria, Liechtenstein and South Tyrol, Linz, 2005, ISBN 3-85474-140-5
  • Ruprecht Duell and Herfried Kutzelnigg: Pocket Encyclopaedia of plant Germany, 2005, ISBN 3-494-01397-7
  • Description in the Flora of China (English )
  • PWBall, B. Pawlowski, SM Walters: Potentilla L. In: Thomas Gaskell Tutin include: Flora Europaea. Volume 2, pages 36-47. Cambridge University Press 1968
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