Potentilla recta

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Family:ROSACEAE
Species:Potentilla recta L.
Common Name:Sulphur Cinquefoil; Sulphur Five Fingers; Rough Fruit Cinquefoil
Habitat:**
Associated Ecological Communities:**
Growth Habit:Herb
Duration:Perennial
Category:Vascular
USDA Symbol:PORE5
Plant Notes:Sulphur Cinquefoil is an introduced herbaceous perennial in the Rose family (Rosaceae). It is native to Europe and western Asia and can be found statewide in Alabama, although it is most common in the northeastern part of the state. Sulphur Cinquefoil occurs on roadsides, in fallow fields, and along railroads. It is a perennial with a hardened crown, a basal rosette of leaves, and several erect stems. The leaves are basal or alternate, petiolate, pubescent, and palmately compound with 5-9 leaflets. The leaflets are oblanceolate to spathulate in outline, pubescent, with serrate margins. Flowers are in compound cymes. Each flower has five sepals, and five light yellow petals. Flowers have 20-30 stamens and numerous pistils. The fruit is an achene. Sulphur Cinquefoil is listed as a noxious weed in much of North America. It aggressively invades both natural and disturbed habitats.—A. Diamond
Taxonomic Notes:**
Status:Not Native
References:**
Specimen: View specimen details in the Alabama Herbarium Consortium Specimen Database

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Classification

FamilyROSACEAE - Rose family
Genus Potentilla
Species Potentilla recta L. - Sulphur Cinquefoil; Sulphur Five Fingers; Rough Fruit Cinquefoil

Citation

Citation Potentilla recta Linnaeus, Sp. Pl. 1: 497. 1753.
Basionym: **
Type: Type not designated.

** Not applicable or data not available.

Synonyms

SynonymFull CitationBasionymType
Fragaria recta Fragaria recta (Linnaeus) Crantz, Inst. Rei Herb. 2: 177. 1766.Potentilla recta Linnaeus 1753. 
Pentaphyllum rectum Pentaphyllum rectum (Linnaeus) Nieuwland, Amer. Midl. Naturalist 4: 62. 1915.Potentilla recta Linnaeus 1753. 
Potentilla adriatica Potentilla adriatica Murbeck, Acta Univ. Lund. 27: 134. 1892.  
Potentilla herbichii Potentilla herbichii Blocki, Oesterr. Bot. Z. 35: 291. 1885.  
Potentilla hirta var. obscura Potentilla hirta Linnaeus, var. obscura (Willdenow) Seringe, in de Candolle, Prodr. 2: 579. 1825.Potentilla obscura Willdenow 1800. 
Potentilla hirta var. pedata Potentilla hirta Linnaeus, var. pedata (Nestler) W. D. J. Koch, Syn. Deut. Schweiz. Fl., ed. 2. 237. 1847.Potentilla pedata Nestler 1816. 
Potentilla laciniosa Potentilla laciniosa Waldstein & Kitaibal ex Nestler, Monogr. Potent. 45. 1816. HUNGARY
Potentilla leucotricha Potentilla leucotricha Borbás, Oesterr. Bot. Z. 34: 78. 1884.  
Potentilla obscura Potentilla obscura Willdenow, Sp. Pl. 2: 1100. 1800.  
Potentilla pallens Potentilla pallens Moench, Methodus 658. 1794, nom. illegit.Potentilla recta Linnaeus 1753. 
Potentilla pedata Potentilla pedata Nestler, Monogr. Potent. 44. 1816.  
Potentilla pelicanovicii Potentilla pelicanovicii Petrovic ex Borbás, En. Pl. Comit. Castrif. 311. 1887.  
Potentilla recta var. acutifolia Potentilla recta Linnaeus, var. acutifolia Ascherson & Graebner, Syn. Mitteleur. Fl. 6(1): 752. 1904.  
Potentilla recta var. laciniosa Potentilla recta Linnaeus, var. laciniosa (Waldstein & Kitaibal ex Nestler) W. D. J. Koch, Syn. Deut. Schweiz. Fl. 213. 1837.Potentilla laciniosa Waldstein & Kitaibal ex Nestler 1816. 
Potentilla recta var. obscura Potentilla recta Linnaeus, var. obscura (Willdenow) W. D. J. Koch, Syn. Deut. Schweiz. Fl. 213. 1837.Potentilla obscura Willdenow 1800. 
Potentilla recta var. sublaciniosa Potentilla recta Linnaeus, var. sublaciniosa Grecescu, Fl. Roman. 205. 1898.  
Potentilla recta var. sulphurea Potentilla recta Linnaeus, var. sulphurea (Lamarck) Lapeyrouse, Hist. Pl. Pyrenees 288. 1813.Potentilla sulphurea Lamarck 1779. 
Potentilla semilaciniosa Potentilla semilaciniosa Borbás, Budapest. Korn. Nov. 164. 1879.  
Potentilla sulphurea Potentilla sulphurea Lamarck, Fl. Franc. 3: 114. 1779 ("1778").  
Potentilla transcaspia Potentilla transcaspia T. Wolf, Monogr. Potentilla 358. 1908.  
Potentilla velenovskyi Potentilla velenovskyi Hayek, Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 30(1): 683. 1926.  

Specimens and Distribution

This species has been reported in the following counties by the herbaria listed. An overview of the individual specimens are provided in the table that follows. Click on the accession number to view details; click on column headers to sort; choose a county or herbaria to filter the specimen data.

Counties included on distribution map: Autauga, Baldwin, Blount, Calhoun, Chambers, Cherokee, Chilton, Clay, Cleburne, Colbert, Covington, Crenshaw, Cullman, DeKalb, Elmore, Etowah, Franklin, Greene, Jackson, Lauderdale, Lawrence, Lee, Limestone, Lowndes, Macon, Madison, Marshall, Montgomery, Perry, Pike, Randolph, Russell, St. Clair, Talladega, Tallapoosa, Tuscaloosa

Counties represented by specimen data listed below:

Herbaria represented by specimen data listed below: ALNHS, AUA, JSU, SAMF, TROY, UNA, UWAL

Range of years during which specimens were collected: 1969 - 2023

Barcode / Accession No. County Coll. Date Collector &
Collection No.		 Herbarium &
Herbarium Name Used		 Image
AUA000023382 Chambers 14 May 1963 Taylor, T.D.
S.N.		 AUA
Potentilla Recta L.
UNA00015399 Madison 28 May 1980 Meigs, Russell A.
659		 UNA
Potentilla recta L.
AUA_ACC_71843 St. Clair 22 May 2008 Keener, Brian R.
4453		 AUA
Potentilla Recta L.
JSU130861 Jackson 30 Jun 1996 Spaulding, Daniel D.
8982		 JSU
Potentilla recta Linnaeus
UNA00047476 Covington 20 May 1998 MacDonald, John R.
11219		 UNA
Potentilla recta L.
AUA000023391 Lee 11 May 1966 Searcy, James W.
S.N.		 AUA
Potentilla Recta L.
UWAL0050898 Lee 13 May 1973 Villadsen, Martha
243		 UWAL
Potentilla recta L.
UNA00068688 St. Clair 22 May 2008 Keener, Brian R.
4453		 UNA
Potentilla recta L.
AUA000023394 Macon 12 May 1973 Guyse, Keith D.
173		 AUA
Potentilla Recta L.
JSU130867 Macon 3 May 1973 Kelso, Emily
115		 JSU
Potentilla recta Linnaeus
TROY000048197 Autauga 03 May 2018 Parker, Matthew R.
1634		 TROY
Potentilla recta Linnaeus
JSU130864 Lee 3 May 1964 Bozarth, Gene A.
s.n.		 JSU
Potentilla recta Linnaeus
AUA000023384 Colbert 21 May 2005 Spaulding, Daniel D.
12266		 AUA
Potentilla Recta L.
JSU130856 DeKalb 22 May 1997 Spaulding, Daniel D.
9776		 JSU
Potentilla recta Linnaeus
JSU130857 DeKalb 22 May 1974 Atkinson, Tim A.
223		 JSU
Potentilla recta Linnaeus
JSU130866 Limestone 29 Jun 1996 Ballard, J. Mark
5927		 JSU
Potentilla recta Linnaeus
UWAL0010621 Autauga 21 Apr 2012 Keener, Brian R.
7130		 UWAL
Potentilla recta L.
JSU130862 Jackson 1 Jun 1993 Whetstone, R. David
s.n.		 JSU
Potentilla recta Linnaeus
AUA000023386 Covington 3 May 1979 Crawford, Lloyd C.
S.N.		 AUA
Potentilla Recta L.
UWAL0031346 Franklin 21 May 2014 England, J. Kevin
4852		 UWAL
Potentilla recta Linnaeus
TROY000043980 Lawrence 26 May 2015 England, J. Kevin
5438		 TROY
Potentilla recta Linnaeus
TROY000008352 Pike 06 May 2001 Diamond, Alvin R.
12414		 TROY
Potentilla recta Linnaeus
UWAL0003799 Cullman 13 May 2010 Keener, Brian R.
5986		 UWAL
Potentilla recta L.
TROY000023041 Jackson 09 Jun 2002 Spaulding, Daniel D.
11370		 TROY
Potentilla recta Linnaeus
AUA000023402 Tallapoosa 7 May 1961 Jones, Jr., Samuel B.
618		 AUA
Potentilla Recta L.
UNA00059059 DeKalb 13 May 2002 Spaulding, Daniel D.
11272		 UNA
Potentilla recta L.
SAMF0006790 DeKalb 29 Apr 2017 Davenport, Lawrence J.
6545		 SAMF
Potentilla recta Linnaeus
UNA00058670 Tuscaloosa 04 May 2003 Keener, Brian R.
2560		 UNA
Potentilla recta L.
JSU139939 DeKalb 30 Jun 1996 Spaulding, Daniel D.
9022		 JSU
Potentilla recta Linnaeus
JSU130853 Chilton 18 May 1984 Whetstone, R. David
14011		 JSU
Potentilla recta Linnaeus
AUA000023400 Tallapoosa 3 May 1979 Atchley, Cecil G.
119		 AUA
Potentilla Recta L.
UWAL0018002 Lawrence 26 May 2015 England, J. Kevin
5438		 UWAL
Potentilla recta Linnaeus
JSU130870 Marshall 11 Jun 1993 Whetstone, R. David
s.n.		 JSU
Potentilla recta Linnaeus
AUA000023397 Russell 8 May 1981 Davis, Donald E.
79		 AUA
Potentilla Recta L.
JSU130863 Lee 20 Jun 1973 Johnson, Kenneth G.
046		 JSU
Potentilla recta Linnaeus
TROY000046505 Autauga 02 May 2017 Parker, Matthew R.
694		 TROY
Potentilla recta Linnaeus
TROY000032848 Cullman 13 May 2010 Keener, Brian R.
5986		 TROY
Potentilla recta Linnaeus
UWAL0046714 Autauga 11 May 2018 Parker, Matthew R.
1708		 UWAL
Potentilla recta Linnaeus
AUA000025209 Cullman 13 May 2010 Keener, Brian R.
5986		 AUA
Potentilla Recta L.
UNA00069332 Etowah 03 Jun 2008 Keener, Brian R.
4570		 UNA
Potentilla recta L.
JSU130865 Limestone 10 May 1997 Hofmann, Tim L.
00448		 JSU
Potentilla recta Linnaeus
JSU130851 Chilton 18 May 1984 Whetstone, R. David
14011		 JSU
Potentilla recta Linnaeus
AUA000023388 Lauderdale 14 May 1970 Angel, J.K.
S.N.		 AUA
Potentilla Recta L.
UWAL0019284 Jackson 10 May 2015 England, J. Kevin
5433		 UWAL
Potentilla recta Linnaeus
JSU130858 Elmore 10 May 1980 Whetstone, R. David
10080		 JSU
Potentilla recta Linnaeus
AUA000023380 Baldwin 17 May 1964 Creel, John
S.N.		 AUA
Potentilla Recta L.
UWAL0039675 Lowndes 01 May 2018 Diamond, Alvin R.
28257		 UWAL
Potentilla recta L.
TROY000014705 St. Clair 22 May 2008 Keener, Brian R.
4453		 TROY
Potentilla recta Linnaeus
TROY000032844 Calhoun 11 May 2010 Keener, Brian R.
5964		 TROY
Potentilla recta Linnaeus
UWAL0046380 Autauga 03 May 2018 Parker, Matthew R.
1634		 UWAL
Potentilla recta Linnaeus
AUA000025207 Calhoun 11 May 2010 Keener, Brian R.
5964		 AUA
Potentilla Recta L.
UNA00065645 Colbert 21 May 2005 Spaulding, Daniel D.
12266		 UNA
Potentilla recta L.
JSU130859 Etowah 11 May 1994 Hodge, Lesley M.
1444		 JSU
Potentilla recta Linnaeus
UWAL0050899 Chilton 13 May 1983 Whetstone, R.D.
13511		 UWAL
Potentilla recta L.
TROY000030844 Russell 04 May 1970 Pippin, Jeannine
159		 TROY
Potentilla recta Linnaeus
UWAL0012215 Greene 15 May 2011 Keener, Brian R.
6504		 UWAL
Potentilla recta Linnaeus
JSU130852 Chilton 13 May 1983 Nixon, Christopher F.
354		 JSU
Potentilla recta Linnaeus
SAMF0002015 Calhoun 11 May 2010 Keener, Brian R.
5964		 SAMF
Potentilla recta Linnaeus
UWAL0009926 DeKalb 15 May 2011 Spaulding, Daniel D.
13312		 UWAL
Potentilla recta L.
UWAL0057033 Limestone 20 May 2023 England, Kevin J.
13636		 UWAL
Potentilla recta L.
JSU130855 Colbert 26 May 1996 Whetstone, R. David
17846		 JSU
Potentilla recta Linnaeus
UWAL0003802 Tuscaloosa 04 May 2003 Keener, Brian R.
2560		 UWAL
Potentilla recta L.
TROY000046317 Lowndes 01 May 2018 Diamond, Alvin R.
28257		 TROY
Potentilla recta Linnaeus
AUA000023379 Autauga 29 Apr 1966 Burns, Earl R.
S.N.		 AUA
Potentilla Recta L.
JSU130850 Chilton 13 May 1983 Whetstone, R. David
13511		 JSU
Potentilla recta Linnaeus
AUA000023401 Tallapoosa 20 Jun 1969 Thornhill, Randy
19		 AUA
Potentilla Recta L.
TROY000023036 Calhoun 14 Jul 1976 Atkinson, Tim A.
1653		 TROY
Potentilla recta Linnaeus
AUA000023395 Pike 20 Apr 1990 Diamond, Alvin R.
6827		 AUA
Potentilla Recta L.
JSU130847 Calhoun 3 Nov 1969 Tudor, Jessica
s.n.		 JSU
Potentilla recta Linnaeus
TROY000040946 Greene 15 May 2011 Keener, Brian R.
6504		 TROY
Potentilla recta Linnaeus
AUA000023393 Lee 11 May 1966 Searcy, James W.
S.N.		 AUA
Potentilla Recta L.
JSU130854 Clay 31 May 1992 Ballard, J. Mark
166		 JSU
Potentilla recta Linnaeus
TROY000023040 Etowah 03 Jun 2008 Keener, Brian R.
4570		 TROY
Potentilla recta Linnaeus
AUA000023383 Cherokee 13 Apr 1972 Hale, A.R.
153		 AUA
Potentilla Recta L.
JSU130871 Talladega 9 May 1973 Whetstone, R. David
RDW-1417		 JSU
Potentilla recta Linnaeus
TROY000023039 DeKalb 13 May 2002 Spaulding, Daniel D.
11272		 TROY
Potentilla recta Linnaeus
AUA000023387 Crenshaw 12 May 1996 Diamond, Alvin R.
10231		 AUA
Potentilla Recta L.
JSU130860 Jackson 15 May 1998 Brodeur, Kristin R.
666		 JSU
Potentilla recta Linnaeus
UWAL0003800 Etowah 03 Jun 2008 Keener, Brian R.
4570		 UWAL
Potentilla recta L.
JSU130868 Madison 6 May 1973 Gurley, R.E., Jr.
s.n.		 JSU
Potentilla recta Linnaeus
TROY000048883 Autauga 11 May 2018 Parker, Matthew R.
1708		 TROY
Potentilla recta Linnaeus
UWAL0003801 St. Clair 22 May 2008 Keener, Brian R.
4453		 UWAL
Potentilla recta L.
TROY000039381 Montgomery 15 May 2014 Diamond, Alvin R.
25096		 TROY
Potentilla recta Linnaeus
TROY000023037 Cleburne 02 Jun 2002 Spaulding, Daniel D.
11344		 TROY
Potentilla recta Linnaeus
UWAL0003798 Calhoun 11 May 2010 Keener, Brian R.
5964		 UWAL
Potentilla recta L.
JSU130848 Cherokee 5 May 1994 Ballard, J. Mark
7302		 JSU
Potentilla recta Linnaeus
AUA000023389 Lee 2 May 1970 Wood, Kerry
S.N.		 AUA
Potentilla Recta L.
UNA00059389 Jackson 09 Jun 2002 Spaulding, Daniel D.
11370		 UNA
Potentilla recta L.
TROY000023038 Colbert 21 May 2005 Spaulding, Daniel D.
12266		 TROY
Potentilla recta Linnaeus
UWAL0016270 Montgomery 15 May 2014 Diamond, Alvin R.
25096		 UWAL
Potentilla recta Linnaeus
AUA000023385 Colbert 17 May 1970 Redmond, Bill
95		 AUA
Potentilla Recta L.
ALNHS00005952 Blount 15 May 2018 Barger, T. Wayne
SP#3821		 ALNHS
Potentilla recta L.
AUA_ACC_22014 Russell 4 May 1970 Pippin, Jeannine
159		 AUA
Potentilla Recta L.
JSU130846 Calhoun 5 Oct 1986 Lawler, Carol L.
1348		 JSU
Potentilla recta Linnaeus
JSU130869 Madison 6 May 1973 Gurley, Bob
s.n.		 JSU
Potentilla recta Linnaeus
TROY000043987 Jackson 10 May 2015 England, J. Kevin
5433		 TROY
Potentilla recta Linnaeus
AUA000023392 Lee 6 May 1966 Mixon, William
S.N.		 AUA
Potentilla Recta L.
UNA00054624 Blount 16 Jun 1998 Keener, Brian R.
1022		 UNA
Potentilla recta L.
TROY000038409 Autauga 21 Apr 2012 Keener, Brian R.
7130		 TROY
Potentilla recta Linnaeus
AUA000023396 Randolph 16 May 1970 Shehane, Ronnie
105		 AUA
Potentilla Recta L.
JSU130849 Cherokee 4 May 1997 Ballard, J. Mark
7164		 JSU
Potentilla recta Linnaeus
TROY000023042 Tuscaloosa 04 May 2003 Keener, Brian R.
2560		 TROY
Potentilla recta Linnaeus
AUA000023390 Lee 17 May 1969 Hall, William G.
170		 AUA
Potentilla Recta L.
UNA00059408 Cleburne 02 Jun 2002 Spaulding, Daniel D.
11344		 UNA
Potentilla recta L.
TROY000034826 DeKalb 15 May 2011 Spaulding, Daniel D.
13312		 TROY
Potentilla recta Linnaeus
AUA000023399 Talladega 18 May 1976 Rutland, David W.
2929		 AUA
Potentilla Recta L.
AUA000023381 Chambers 8 May 1967 Golden, Michael
83		 AUA
Potentilla Recta L.
UNA00015407 Perry 15 May 1969 Thomas, Joab L.
2080		 UNA
Potentilla recta L.
UNA00015408 Russell 4 May 1973 Jarecki, Paul
159		 UNA
Potentilla recta L.
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