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Western Cinquefoil

Potentilla montana

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Spain.January 6, February 21, March 41, April 109, May 102, June 23, July 8, August 2, September 2, October 2, November 4, December 9.
Spain329
Portugal255
COIMBRA204
France140
Galicia103
Nouvelle-Aquitaine73
Principado de Asturias72
Comunidad Foral de Navarra52
Occitanie32
Castilla y León31

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Classification

KingdomPlants · Plantae
PhylumVascular Plants · Tracheophyta
ClassDicots · Magnoliopsida
OrderRoses, Elms, Figs, and Allies · Rosales
Familyrose family · Rosaceae
Genuscinquefoils · Potentilla

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