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|accepted_name=Potentilla brevifolia
|accepted_authority=Nuttall in J. Torrey and A. Gray
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=in J. Torrey and A. Gray, Fl. N. Amer.
|place=1: 442. 1840
|year=1840
}}
|common_names=Sparseleaf cinquefoil
|special_status={{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=E
|label=Endemic
}}
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|hierarchy=Rosaceae;Rosaceae subfam. Rosoideae;Rosaceae tribe Potentilleae;Potentilla;Potentilla sect. Brevifoliae;Potentilla brevifolia
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Rosaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>subfamily</small>[[Rosaceae subfam. Rosoideae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>tribe</small>[[Rosaceae tribe Potentilleae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Potentilla]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>section</small>[[Potentilla sect. Brevifoliae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Potentilla brevifolia]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 9
|mention_page=page 187
|treatment_page=page 188
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Basal </b>leaves: petiole 1–4 cm, eglandular hairs absent or sparse, spreading, less than 1 mm, weak, glands abundant. <b>Flowers</b>: epicalyx bractlets lanceolate-elliptic to ovate, 2–4 × 0.8–2 mm; sepals 3–5(–7) mm, apex broadly acute to obtuse; petals 3.5–6.5 × 3–5 mm; filaments 1–2.5 mm, anthers 0.5–0.6 mm; carpels 10–15. <b>Achenes</b> 1–1.5 mm.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering summer.
|habitat=Moist rocky slopes and talus, alpine grassy areas, subalpine conifer woodlands
|elevation=2500–3600 m
|distribution=Idaho;Mont.;Nev.;Oreg.;Wyo.
|discussion=<p><i>Potentilla brevifolia</i> is found mainly in alpine situations in the Pioneer, Sawtooth, Smoky, and White Cloud mountains of central Idaho; the Madison Range of western Montana; the Jarbidge Range of northeastern <i>Nevada</i>; the Blue, Steens, and Wallowa mountains of eastern Oregon; and the Teton Range of northwestern Wyoming. The elongate caudices are easily covered by moving soil and talus.</p>
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name=Potentilla brevifolia
|author=
|authority=Nuttall in J. Torrey and A. Gray
|rank=species
|parent rank=section
|synonyms=
|basionyms=
|family=Rosaceae
|phenology=Flowering summer.
|habitat=Moist rocky slopes and talus, alpine grassy areas, subalpine conifer woodlands
|elevation=2500–3600 m
|distribution=Idaho;Mont.;Nev.;Oreg.;Wyo.
|reference=None
|publication title=in J. Torrey and A. Gray, Fl. N. Amer.
|publication year=1840
|special status=Endemic
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|subfamily=Rosaceae subfam. Rosoideae
|tribe=Rosaceae tribe Potentilleae
|genus=Potentilla
|section=Potentilla sect. Brevifoliae
|species=Potentilla brevifolia
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