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Arctic Cinquefoil
Potentilla hyparctica
586 observations in the source records
28 photos
Study shows up to four per card, from different observers, so you learn the species rather than one picture. Heart the good ones and swap any you do not like.
Photos you add are credited to you, and you keep the copyright.
What the records say
- 586 observations are recorded in the imported source snapshot. Observation source
Easily confused with
Snow CinquefoilPotentilla nivea
High Arctic CinquefoilPotentilla subvahliana
bluff cinquefoilPotentilla arenosa
Pretty cinquefoilPotentilla pulchella
Alpine CinquefoilPotentilla crantzii
Hooker's CinquefoilPotentilla hookeriana
Pedersen's CinquefoilPotentilla pedersenii
Study checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.
Where it is recorded
| Canada | 1,027 |
|---|---|
| United States | 839 |
| Alaska | 828 |
| Quebec | 110 |
| Nunavut | 108 |
| British Columbia | 84 |
| Yukon | 55 |
| Russia | 43 |
| Krasnoyarsk Krai | 25 |
| Newfoundland and Labrador | 18 |
Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.
Classification
| Kingdom | Plants · Plantae |
|---|---|
| Phylum | Vascular Plants · Tracheophyta |
| Class | Dicots · Magnoliopsida |
| Order | Roses, Elms, Figs, and Allies · Rosales |
| Family | rose family · Rosaceae |
| Genus | cinquefoils · Potentilla |
Sources
- Names, taxonomy and observation counts: www.inaturalist.org
- Photos and recordings: the creator and source are on each one.
- How much to rely on each source
Remember the name next time.
Practise Arctic Cinquefoil with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.