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    Potentilla argentea  L.  var. tephrodes  RCHB.    
 

Fam.: Rosaceae / Rose Fam.  

Genus:  Potentilla  L.
 

Authors:
   L.:  Carl von Linné (Linnaeus, 1707 - 1777), Swedish naturalist who introduced the binary naming system for plants and animals
   RCHB.:  Heinrich Gottlieb Ludwig Reichenbach (1793 - 1879), German botanist
 

Etymology:
   Potentilla:   diminutive of potens = mighty
   argentea:   silvery
   tephrodes:   grey
 

The top side of the leaves of the usual Hoary Cinquefoil Potentilla argentea agg. are glossy and almost without hairs. The variety shown here differs by leaves with a dense whitish pilosity also on the upper side.

 

Potentilla argentea var. tephrodes / Grey Hoary Cinquefoil, D Waghäusel-Wiesental 24.6.2012
Fig. 1:  Potentilla argentea var. tephrodes / Grey Hoary Cinquefoil
D Waghäusel-Wiesental 24.6.2012
Potentilla argentea var. tephrodes / Grey Hoary Cinquefoil, D Waghäusel-Wiesental 24.6.2012
Fig. 2:  Potentilla argentea var. tephrodes / Grey Hoary Cinquefoil
D Waghäusel-Wiesental 24.6.2012
Potentilla argentea var. tephrodes / Grey Hoary Cinquefoil, D Waghäusel-Wiesental 24.6.2012
Fig. 3:  Potentilla argentea var. tephrodes / Grey Hoary Cinquefoil
D Waghäusel-Wiesental 24.6.2012
Potentilla argentea var. tephrodes / Grey Hoary Cinquefoil, D Waghäusel-Wiesental 24.6.2012
Fig. 4:  Potentilla argentea var. tephrodes / Grey Hoary Cinquefoil
D Waghäusel-Wiesental 24.6.2012
Potentilla argentea var. tephrodes / Grey Hoary Cinquefoil, D Waghäusel-Wiesental 24.6.2012
Fig. 5:  Potentilla argentea var. tephrodes / Grey Hoary Cinquefoil
D Waghäusel-Wiesental 24.6.2012
Potentilla argentea var. tephrodes / Grey Hoary Cinquefoil, D Waghäusel-Wiesental 24.6.2012
Fig. 6:  Potentilla argentea var. tephrodes / Grey Hoary Cinquefoil
D Waghäusel-Wiesental 24.6.2012
Potentilla argentea var. tephrodes / Grey Hoary Cinquefoil, D Ludwigshafen 21.7.2022
Fig. 7:  Potentilla argentea var. tephrodes / Grey Hoary Cinquefoil
D Ludwigshafen 21.7.2022
Potentilla argentea var. tephrodes / Grey Hoary Cinquefoil, D Ludwigshafen 21.7.2022
Fig. 8:  Potentilla argentea var. tephrodes / Grey Hoary Cinquefoil
D Ludwigshafen 21.7.2022
Potentilla argentea var. tephrodes / Grey Hoary Cinquefoil, D Ludwigshafen 21.7.2022
Fig. 9:  Potentilla argentea var. tephrodes / Grey Hoary Cinquefoil
D Ludwigshafen 21.7.2022
Potentilla argentea var. tephrodes / Grey Hoary Cinquefoil, D Ludwigshafen 21.7.2022
Fig. 10:  Potentilla argentea var. tephrodes / Grey Hoary Cinquefoil
D Ludwigshafen 21.7.2022
Potentilla argentea var. tephrodes / Grey Hoary Cinquefoil, D Ludwigshafen 21.7.2022
Fig. 11:  Potentilla argentea var. tephrodes / Grey Hoary Cinquefoil (leaf bottom side)
D Ludwigshafen 21.7.2022

 


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