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Accession Data:

Potentilla rhenana P.J.Müll. ex Zimmeter

  • Common Name:
  • Family: Rosaceae Juss.

  • Country of Origin: Germany: Rhineland (endemic)
  • Habitat: nutritionally poor waysides near vineyards

  • Description: Potentilla rhenana is an endemic cinquefoil known from the valleys of Mosel & Ahr in Rhineland-Palatinate. In 2004 only three sites in nutrition poor vegetation on waysides near vineyards exist. The soil is derived of slate.2

Accession Data:

  • Accession # 201900014
  • Source: Bonn 2019 - DE-0-BONN-31381
  • Provenance: 
    IPEN# DE-0-BONN-31381
Deutschland, Rheinland-Pfalz, Hatzenport, Weg von der "Alten Kirche"
zur Rabenlay, A. Weller, 06.09.2010
  • Accession Date: 06-13-2019
  • Bench: 2102 - MED:Mediterranean B
    • Currently: active - healthy
    • Qty: 2 confirmed on 04-14-2025

Classification:

  • Division: Magnoliophyta
  • Class: Magnoliopsida
  • SubClass: eurosid I
  • Order: Rosales
  • SubOrder:
  • Family: Rosaceae
  • SubFamily: Rosoideae
  • Tribe: Potentilleae
  • SubTribe: Potentillinae

Flowering Data:

This accession has been observed in bloom on:
YearJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
2025
2024
2023
2022
2021
2020

References (internal):

  • EEB Greenhouse Holdings native to: Germany

References (external):

  1. The Plant List (2013). Version 1.1. Last accessed on Tuesday, 05 February, 2019.
  2. Gregor, T. and Korneck, D. Potentilla rhenana, a Disappearing Cinquefoil from the Rhineland. Decheniana (Bonn) 158, 9-18 (2005). Last accessed on Thursday, 13 June, 2019.

data regenerated on Mon, 14 Apr 2025 09:06:08 -0400 [bcm v4.0]

Images:

Potentilla rhenana

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W/C = Wild Collected
= indicates flowering in past 14 days
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