Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Rosids: Fabids: Rosales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Potentilla norvegica
FAMILY
Rosaceae
Go to FSUS key
Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read more about Strawberry-weed at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
This species is apparently a genetically diverse, circumboreal species complex, with both native and introduced elements now present in our area, per Weakley's Flora (2022)
INCLUDING
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Potentilla norvegica ssp. monspeliensis
FAMILY
Rosaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Potentilla norvegica
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 9 (2014)
Potentilla norvegica
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 097-04-007:
Potentilla norvegica FAMILY Rosaceae
INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Potentilla monspeliensis
COMMON NAME:
Strawberry-weed, Rough Cinquefoil, Norwegian Cinquefoil
To see larger pictures, click or hover over the thumbnails.
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_pomo13_001_lvd
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USDA / Selected Weeds of the US. 1970 swus_page_219
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JK Marlow jkm130114_117
January Cherokee County NC
Murphy River Walk
Initially a rosette of trifoliate basal leaves, per www.illinoiswildflowers.info.
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JK Marlow jkm130114_122
January Cherokee County NC
Murphy River Walk
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JK Marlow jkm121024_738
October Cherokee County NC
Murphy River Walk
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JK Marlow jkm121024_740
October Cherokee County NC
Murphy River Walk
Basal and lower stem leaves trifoliate, upper stem leaves often simple, per www.illinoiswildflowers.info.
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JK Marlow jkm121024_746
October Cherokee County NC
Murphy River Walk
The flowering stalks have long spreading hairs, per www.illinoiswildflowers.info.
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JK Marlow jkm121024_749
October Cherokee County NC
Murphy River Walk
Under the 5 yellow petals & 5 green sepals, there are 5 green bracts, per www.illinoiswildflowers.info.
COMPARE
sepals and bracts of Cinquefoil and Strawberry species
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Potentilla norvegica
FAMILY
Rosaceae
INCLUDING
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Potentilla norvegica ssp. monspeliensis
FAMILY
Rosaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Potentilla norvegica
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 9
Potentilla norvegica
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 097-04-007:
Potentilla norvegica
FAMILY
Rosaceae
INCLUDING
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Potentilla monspeliensis
3255
Forb
Annual/Biennial/Perennial
Habitat: floodplain forests, alluvial openings; sand bars, pastures, fields, disturbed areas, especially where moist, per Weakley's Flora
Native & non-native
Common in Carolina Mountains, uncommon in GA Mountains & Carolina Piedmont (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
LEAVES:
Ternately compound
Alternate
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer/Fall
Yellow
Radially symmetrical
5 united sepals/5 bracts
5 petals
20 stamens, usually
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Brown
Achene
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast (Cotterman, Waitt, & Weakley, 2019) p267
- Field Guide to the Wildflowers of Georgia (Chafin, 2016) p314
- Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005) p119
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005) p152
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998) p070
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