Potentilla anemonefolia




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