Family | Rosaceae |
Subfamily | Rosoideae |
Tribe | Potentilleae |
Scientific name | Potentilla anemonefolia Lehmann |
Synonyms | Duchesnea sundaica Miqel; Potentilla kleiniana Wight & Arnott; Potentilla kleiniana Wight & Arnott subsp. anemonefolia (Lehmann) Murata; Potentilla kleiniana Wight & Arnott var. anemonefolia (Lehmann) Nakai; Potentilla kleiniana Wight & Arnott var. robusta (Franchet & Savatier) Kitagawa; Potentilla reptans A. Gray; Potentilla sundaica (Blume) O. Kuntze var. robusta (Franchet & Savatier) Kitagawa; Potentilla wallichiana Séringe forma robusta Franchet & Savatier; Potentilla wallichiana Séringe var. robusta (Th. Wolf) Kitagawa; Potentilla wallichiana Séringe var. minor Nakai; Potentilla wallichiana Séringe var. anemonefolia (Lehmann) Nakai |
Common name | (Japanese common name) o-hebi-ichigo (オヘビイチゴ, 雄蛇苺 [meaning: male snake strawberry]) |
(English common name) none | |
Distribution | (Japan) Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu |
(Other nations) Korea, China, Malaysia, Indonesia, Nepal, Bhutan, India | |
Habitat | Rice paddy, riverside, wet field |
Chromosomal number | 2n=28 |
Description | Plants creeping 20-40cm long. Leaves 5 leaflets, each 1.5-4cm long, 6-20mm wide. Flowers yellow 1cm across, calyx lobes ca. 5mm long, flowering in May to June. Perennial plants. |
Reference | Potentilla kleiniana Wight & Arnott |
Plant anthocyanidin rutinoside aromatic acyl transferases (US Patent 7173164/2007) | |
Note | Flora of China describes that Potentilla anemonefolia Lehmann is a synonym of Potentilla kleiniana Wight & Arnott. |
April 2007 at Ushiku Forest Park |
April 2007 at Ushiku Forest Park |
May 2007 at lowland forest edge |
May 2007 at lowland forest edge |
May 2007 at lowland forest edge |
May 2007 at lowland forest edge |
August 2008 at Tsukuba Botanical Garden |