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|accepted_name=Potentilla verna
|accepted_authority=Linnaeus
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Sp. Pl.
|place=1: 498. 1753
|year=1753
}}
|common_names=Spring cinquefoil
|special_status={{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=I
|label=Introduced
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|basionyms=
|synonyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Potentilla tabernaemontani
|authority=Ascherson
|rank=species
}}
|hierarchy=Rosaceae;Rosaceae subfam. Rosoideae;Rosaceae tribe Potentilleae;Potentilla;Potentilla sect. Aureae;Potentilla verna
|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. Aureae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Potentilla verna]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 9
|mention_page=page 188, 189
|treatment_page=page 190
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Plants </b>openly matted; caudex branches elongate, slender, sometimes rooting at nodes. <b>Stems</b> prostrate to decumbent, rarely weakly erect, 0.3–1.5 dm, lengths 1–2(–3) times basal leaves. <b>Basal</b> leaves not in ranks, palmate, 2–5(–10) cm; stipules: apex acuminate to acute, rarely obtuse; petiole 1–6 cm, long hairs common, ascending to appressed, 1–2.5 mm, weak to ± stiff, glands absent or sparse; leaflets 5–7, central oblanceolate to obovate, (0.8–)1–3 × 0.4–1.5 cm, petiolule 0–2 mm, margins flat, not lobed, distal 1/4–1/2(–2/3) evenly incised ± 1/3 to midvein, teeth 2–4(–5) per side, surfaces similar, green, hairs absent especially adaxially or sparse, 0.5–1.5(–2) mm, glands absent or sparse. <b>Inflorescences</b> 3–5(–6)-flowered. <b>Pedicels</b> often recurved, 1–3(–4) cm, not much longer in fruit than in flower. <b>Flowers</b>: epicalyx bractlets lanceolate, 3.5–5 × 1–1.5 mm, margins flat; hypanthium 2–4 mm diam.; sepals 3–5 mm, apex broadly acute to obtuse; petals yellow, 5–8(–10) × 4–6 mm; filaments 0.8–2 mm, anthers 0.5–0.8 mm; carpels 40–60, styles ± columnar, not papillate-swollen proximally, 1 mm. <b>Achenes</b> 1.5–2 mm. <b>2n</b> = 28, 35, 42, 49, 56, 63, 70, 84 (Europe).</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering spring–early summer.
|habitat=Dry roadsides and lawns
|elevation=0–200 m
|distribution=Ont.;Conn.;Mich.;Minn.;Europe.
|discussion=<p>The use of the name <i>Potentilla verna</i> here reflects the successful proposal by J. Soják (2009) to conserve <i>P. verna</i> with a conserved type. Alternatives in recent use include P. neumanniana Reichenbach (misapplied) and P. tabernaemontani. The species has an established horticultural presence, primarily as a ground cover, and is to be expected in North America beyond where reported here.</p>
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name=Potentilla verna
|authority=Linnaeus
|rank=species
|parent rank=section
|synonyms=Potentilla tabernaemontani
|basionyms=
|family=Rosaceae
|phenology=Flowering spring–early summer.
|habitat=Dry roadsides and lawns
|elevation=0–200 m
|distribution=Ont.;Conn.;Mich.;Minn.;Europe.
|introduced=true
|reference=None
|publication title=Sp. Pl.
|publication year=1753
|special status=Introduced
|source xml=https://jpend@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-data-curation.git/src/f50eec43f223ca0e34566be0b046453a0960e173/coarse_grained_fna_xml/V9/V9_284.xml
|subfamily=Rosaceae subfam. Rosoideae
|tribe=Rosaceae tribe Potentilleae
|genus=Potentilla
|section=Potentilla sect. Aureae
|species=Potentilla verna
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