Rosaceae Week: Sibbaldia procumbens var. procumbens from Khillenmarg, Kashmir

[Gurcharan Singh]

Sibbaldia procumbens L.  Sp. Pl. 1: 284 284 1753. var. procumbens

syn: Potentilla sibbaldi Haller f.; Potentilla procumbens (L.) Clairv.

Perennial tufted herb, prostrate or ascending, covered with long silky hairs; leaves trifoliate, wedge-shaped, 3-5 toothed; flowers pale yellow, 5-6 mm across, in terminal corymbose cymes; petals as long as calyx; stamens 5; achenes glabrous.

Photographed from Khillenmarg meadow in Kashmir in June and July.

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Dr. Gurcharan Singh
Retired  Associate Professor
SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007
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[Balkar Arya]

nice pics again Sir

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Regards

Dr Balkar Singh
Head, Deptt. of Botany and Biotechnology
Arya P G College, Panipat
Haryana-132103
09416262964

[J.M. Garg]

From another thread:

"Better identified as S. cuneata.

Dr. Gurcharan Singh"

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With regards,
J.M.Garg

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