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Potentilla recta
Species of flowering plant / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Not to be confused with Potentilla erecta.
Potentilla recta, the sulphur cinquefoil[1] or rough-fruited cinquefoil, is a species of cinquefoil. It is native to Eurasia but it is present in North America as an introduced species, ranging through almost the entire continent except the northernmost part of Canada and Alaska.
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Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Rosids |
Order: | Rosales |
Family: | Rosaceae |
Genus: | Potentilla |
Species: | P. recta |
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The plant probably originated in the Mediterranean Basin. In North America, it was first collected in the 19th century in Ontario and in 1914 in British Columbia.[2] It is known as a minor noxious weed in some areas.[2] It occurs in many types of habitat, including disturbed, weedy places.