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stemless cinquefoil

Potentilla acaulis

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 67, February 49, March 77, April 122, May 176, June 191, July 205, August 176, September 129, October 97, November 53, December 41.
United States1,383
Alaska1,383
Russia1,295
Irkutsk Oblast456
Altai Republic241
Buryatia208
Altai Krai79
Khakassia77
Zabaykalsky Krai68
Novosibirsk Oblast59

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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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