Potentilla delphinensis

<h2 id="description">Description</h2>
<p>The biological form of <i>Potentilla delphiniensis</i> is <i><a href="/facts/Raunki%C3%A6r_plant_life-form/gUExXEvH">hemicryptophyte</a></i> <i><a href="/facts/Glossary_of_botanical_terms/RjjcIGWp">scapose</a></i>, as its overwintering buds are situated just below the soil surface and the <a href="/facts/Floral_axis/2lKjYvBJ">floral axis</a> is more or less erect with a few leaves.
</p><p>This plant has an erect, strong and hirsute stem reaching on average 30–50 centimetres (12–20 in) in height.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:1" href="#fn:1"><sup>1</sup></a> The leaves are in rosette, hairy, with a long <a href="/facts/Petiole_(botany)/pext65Wr">petiole</a> and are divided into five obovate and toothed leaflets with elongate lanceolate <a href="/facts/Stipule/dpF27NFo">stipules</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:2" href="#fn:2"><sup>2</sup></a> The <a href="/facts/Inflorescence/CvpNd4vS">inflorescence</a> has several large flowers (about 2.5 centimetres (0.98 in) in diameter), with a corolla of yellow petals. The flowering period extends from July through August. It is insect-pollinated.
</p><p>It is sympatric with the similar congeners <i><a href="/facts/Potentilla_grandiflora/8olKRRas">Potentilla grandiflora</a></i> and <i><a href="/facts/Potentilla_thuringiaca/UVa0RyNq">Potentilla thuringiaca</a></i>. It grows in sunny, rocky areas and mountain pastures at an altitude of 1,500–2,800 metres (4,900–9,200 ft) above sea level.
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<h2 id="further-reading">Further reading</h2>
<ul><li>Nicolè, F.; Tellier, F.; Vivat, A.; Till-Bottraud, I. (2007). "Conservation unit status inferred for plants by combining interspecific crosses and AFLP". <i>Conservation Genetics</i>. 8 (6): 1273–85. <a href="/facts/Doi_(identifier)/muM9Etpq">doi</a>:<a href="https://doi.org/10.1007%2Fs10592-006-9277-8">10.1007/s10592-006-9277-8</a>. <a href="/facts/S2CID_(identifier)/ldJsHa2Y">S2CID</a> <a href="https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:33448378">33448378</a>.</li></ul>
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<h2 id="references">References</h2>

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<li id="fn:1"><p>Tela botanica <a href="http://www.tela-botanica.org/eflore/BDNFF/derniere_version/nn/52547" target="_blank">http://www.tela-botanica.org/eflore/BDNFF/derniere_version/nn/52547</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:2"><p>Tela botanica <a href="http://www.tela-botanica.org/eflore/BDNFF/derniere_version/nn/52547" target="_blank">http://www.tela-botanica.org/eflore/BDNFF/derniere_version/nn/52547</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
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Potentilla delphinensis