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Fan-foil
( Potentilla flabellifolia )
Potentilla flabellifolia
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About Fan-foil (Potentilla flabellifolia)
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Potentilla flabellifolia
is a species of cinquefoil known by the common names high mountain cinquefoil, fanleaf cinquefoil and fan-foil. It is native to western North America from British Columbia to California to Wyoming, where it grows in higher elevation mountainous habitat, such as summertime meadows. It produces one or more erect stems from a branching caudex and system of rhizomes. It grows 10 to 30 centimeters tall, and is slightly hairy to nearly hairless. The leaves are ternate, divided into three leaflets. The basal leaves are largest, borne on long petioles. Each has oval leaflets up to 3 centimeters long which are deeply cut into blunt teeth. Smaller leaves occur higher on the stem. The inflorescence is a cyme of one or more flowers. The flower has usually five yellow petals up to a centimeter long on a calyx of pointed sepals and narrower pointed bractlets.
Plant Description
Plant Type
Perennial herb
Size
4 - 11.8 in tall
Flower Color
Yellow
Wildlife Supported
Butterflies & moths hosted ( 11
likely
* )
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Edith's Copper
Lycaena editha
Lycaena editha
*
Two-banded Checkered-Skipper
Pyrgus ruralis
Pyrgus ruralis
*
Purplish Copper
Lycaena helloides
Lycaena helloides
*
Elegant Sheepmoth
Hemileuca eglanterina
Hemileuca eglanterina
*
Sulphur Moth
Hesperumia sulphuraria
Hesperumia sulphuraria
*
Sharp-Lined Yellow
Sicya macularia
Sicya macularia
*
Dark Marbled Carpet
Dysstroma citrata
Dysstroma citrata
Landscaping Information
Natural Setting
Climate
Annual Precipitation: 23.6" - 119.3", Summer Precipitation: 0.29" - 4.10", Coldest Month: 19.9" - 50.4", Hottest Month: 40.8" - 75.0", Humidity: 0.75" - 22.90", Elevation: 112" - 12863"
Alternative Names
Common Names
: Fanleaf Cinquefoil, High Mountain Cinquefoil, Mount Rainier Cinquefoil
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Potentilla flabellifolia
Sources include:
Wikipedia
. All text shown in the "About" section of these pages is available under the
Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License
. Plant observation data provided by the participants of the
California Consortia of Herbaria
, Sunset information provided by
Jepson Flora Project
. Propogation from seed information provided by the
Santa Barbara Botanical Garden
from "Seed Propagation of Native California Plants" by Dara E. Emery. Sources of plant photos include
CalPhotos
,
Wikimedia Commons
, and independent plant photographers who have agreed to share their images with Calscape. Other general sources of information include
Calflora
,
CNPS Manual of Vegetation Online
,
Jepson Flora Project
,
Las Pilitas
,
Theodore Payne
,
Tree of Life
,
The Xerces Society
, and information provided by CNPS volunteer editors, with special thanks to Don Rideout. Climate data used in creation of plant range maps is from
PRISM Climate Group, Oregon State University
, using 30 year (1981-2010) annual "normals" at an 800 meter spatial resolution.
Links:
Jepson eFlora Taxon Page
CalPhotos
Wikipedia
Calflora
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