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{{Treatment/ID
|accepted_name=Potentilla intermedia
|accepted_authority=Linnaeus
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Syst. Nat. ed.
|place=12, 2: 351. 1767
|year=1767
}}, {{Treatment/Publication
|title=Mant. Pl.
|place=1: 76. 1767
|year=1767
}}
|common_names=Downy cinquefoil;potentille intermédiaire
|special_status={{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=I
|label=Introduced
}}
|basionyms=
|synonyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Potentilla heidenreichii
|authority=Zimmeter
|rank=species
}}
|hierarchy=Rosaceae;Rosaceae subfam. Rosoideae;Rosaceae tribe Potentilleae;Potentilla;Potentilla sect. Terminales;Potentilla intermedia
|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. Terminales]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Potentilla intermedia]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 9
|mention_page=page 143, 144, 147
|treatment_page=page 145
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Stems </b>ascending to erect, 2–5 dm. <b>Basal</b> leaves palmate or ternate. <b>Cauline</b> leaves 3–8, proximal ones (3–)5–14 cm; proximal petioles (1–)2–10 cm, long hairs sparse to common, spreading to loosely appressed, 1–2 mm, weak, short or crisped hairs sparse to common, cottony hairs absent, glands absent or sparse; leaflets usually 5, central one oblanceolate to obovate, 2–4.5 × 1–2.5 cm, margins ± flat, distal 3/4+ usually unevenly, sometimes evenly, incised 1/3–2/3 to midvein (often with 1–2 incisions nearly to midvein), teeth 5–10 per side, surfaces similar or ± dissimilar, abaxial green to grayish green, long hairs sparse to common (especially on veins), 0.5–1.5 mm, soft to weak, short or crisped hairs ± sparse, cottony hairs absent, glands absent or sparse, adaxial long hairs absent or sparse, 1 mm, short hairs absent or sparse, crisped and cottony hairs absent, glands absent or sparse. <b>Inflorescences</b> 20–100+-flowered. <b>Pedicels</b> 0.5–1.5(–2.5) cm. <b>Flowers</b>: epicalyx bractlets lanceolate to ovate or elliptic, 2–5 × 0.8–1.5 mm, lengths usually 2/3, sometimes 1, times sepals; sepals 3.5–6.5 mm, apex ± acute; petals 3–5 × 2–3 mm; filaments 0.8–2 mm, anthers 0.3–0.5 mm; carpels 40–70, styles 1–1.2 mm, scarcely papillate-swollen proximally. <b>Achenes</b> 1 mm, rugose. <b>2n</b> = 28, 56 (Eurasia).</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering late spring–summer.
|habitat=Dry waste places along roadsides, ditches, other open sites, in grasslands, oak and conifer woodlands
|elevation=0–300 m
|distribution=St. Pierre and Miquelon;N.B.;Nfld. and Labr. (Nfld.);N.S.;Ont.;P.E.I.;Que.;Conn.;Ind.;Iowa;Maine;Mass.;Mich.;N.H.;N.J.;N.Y.;Ohio;Pa.;R.I.;Vt.;Wis.;Eurasia.
|discussion=<p><i>Potentilla intermedia</i> is more common than <i>P. inclinata</i> at least in eastern Canada and New England.</p>
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-->{{#Taxon:
name=Potentilla intermedia
|authority=Linnaeus
|rank=species
|parent rank=section
|synonyms=Potentilla heidenreichii
|basionyms=
|family=Rosaceae
|phenology=Flowering late spring–summer.
|habitat=Dry waste places along roadsides, ditches, other open sites, in grasslands, oak and conifer woodlands
|elevation=0–300 m
|distribution=St. Pierre and Miquelon;N.B.;Nfld. and Labr. (Nfld.);N.S.;Ont.;P.E.I.;Que.;Conn.;Ind.;Iowa;Maine;Mass.;Mich.;N.H.;N.J.;N.Y.;Ohio;Pa.;R.I.;Vt.;Wis.;Eurasia.
|introduced=true
|reference=None
|publication title=Syst. Nat. ed.;Mant. Pl.
|publication year=1767;1767
|special status=Introduced
|source xml=https://jpend@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-data-curation.git/src/f50eec43f223ca0e34566be0b046453a0960e173/coarse_grained_fna_xml/V9/V9_209.xml
|subfamily=Rosaceae subfam. Rosoideae
|tribe=Rosaceae tribe Potentilleae
|genus=Potentilla
|section=Potentilla sect. Terminales
|species=Potentilla intermedia
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