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Carl Farmer |
Rare in Skye though common in much of the UK. On paths, bare ground or short vegetation, preferring non-acid soils. Flower diameter c 16-26 mm Skye ID: A creeping plant, the flowering stems rooting at the nodes, unlike Alpine Cinquefoil and Tormentil (note Tormentil flowers occasionally have 5 petals rather than 4). Leaves mostly with 5 leaflets. Other features: Flowers solitary on long stalks. Has an epicalyx outside the true calyx, like all Potentilla species. Petals heart-shaped, nearly twice as long as sepals. Base-leaves long-stalked and stem-leaves also clearly stalked, unlike those of Tormentil. |
