Potentilla alba

Plant Characteristics
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Cultivation

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Scientific Names

Read about Potentilla alba in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture
Potentilla alba, Linn. Caudex thick, branched: fls.-sts. short, not exceeding the basal lvs.. weak, decumbent, laxly 2-5-fld., sericeo-villous: basal lvs. long-petioled, 5-foliolate, some often ternate or 7-foliolate; lfts. sessile or short-stalked, all symmetrical but the outer shorter, oblong-lanceolate, apex acute and serrate, teeth few, appressed, terminal smaller, green and glabrous above, more or less densely white-silky, becoming glabrous and glaucous beneath: fls. long-peduncled, showy, 9-12 lines broad; appendages very narrow, shorter than the sepals; petals broadly obcordate, somewhat longer than the sepals, white; carpels pilose; style subterminal, slender. April-June, and often Aug.-Oct. Cent. Eu. G. 37:98. Section II. Gymnocarpae. Carpels glabrous: receptacle short-pilose to almost glabrous. Subsection A. Closterostylae:. Style subbasal, fusiform. ^CH The above text is from the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture. It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article. Click on "Collapse" in the header to hide this text.

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