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Potentilla jepsonii

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False-silk Cinquefoil

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Identity

Unique IDELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.160529

Element CodePDROS1B1D6

Record TypeSPECIES

ClassificationSpecies

Classification StatusStandard

Name CategoryVascular Plant

Endemicoccurs (regularly, as a native taxon) in multiple nations

KingdomPlantae

PhylumAnthophyta

ClassDicotyledoneae

OrderRosales

FamilyRosaceae

GenusPotentilla

Synonyms

Potentilla litoralis var. ovium(Jepson) SojákPotentilla pensylvanica var. oviumJepson

Other Common Names

Jepson's Cinquefoil (EN) Potentille de Jepson (FR)

Concept Reference

Kartesz, J.T. 1994. A synonymized checklist of the vascular flora of the United States, Canada, and Greenland. 2nd edition. 2 vols. Timber Press, Portland, OR.

Taxonomic Comments

Kartesz (1999) no longer recognizes this variety; he now lumps it into Potentilla pensylvanica var. pensylvanica. FNA (vol. 9, 2014) elevates Potentilla pensylvanica var. ovium to full species as P. jepsonii.

Conservation Status

Review Date2019-05-08

Change Date2019-05-08

Ecology & Habitat

Other Nations (2)

United StatesNNR

Province	Rank	Native
Alaska	SNR	Yes
Washington	SNR	Yes
Colorado	S1	Yes
Oregon	SNR	Yes
Kansas	SNR	Yes
Nevada	SNR	Yes
California	SNR	Yes
New Mexico	SNR	Yes
Wyoming	SNR	Yes

CanadaN2

Province	Rank	Native
Alberta	S1	Yes
British Columbia	SNR	Yes
Yukon Territory	S2	Yes

Plant Characteristics

Economic Value (Genus)No

Roadless Areas (1)

California (1)

Area	Forest	Acres
Boundary Peak (CA)	Inyo National Forest	210,884

References (5)

Flora of North America Editorial Committee (FNA). 2014b. Flora of North America north of Mexico. Vol. 9. Magnoliophyta: Picramniaceae to Rosaceae. Oxford University Press, New York. xxiv + 713 pp.
Kartesz, J.T. 1994. A synonymized checklist of the vascular flora of the United States, Canada, and Greenland. 2nd edition. 2 vols. Timber Press, Portland, OR.
Kartesz, J. T., and C. Meacham. 1998d. Unpublished review draft of Floristic Synthesis, 30 Sept 1998. North Carolina Botanical Garden, Chapel Hill, NC.
Munz, P.A., with D.D. Keck. 1959. A California flora. Univ. California Press, Berkeley. 1681 pp.
NatureServe. Unpublished. Concept reference for taxa for which no reference which describes the circumscription has been recorded; to be used as a placeholder until such a citation is identified.