Potentilla supina L.
NE Indigenous

Morphological description

Annual or short-lived perennial herb. Stems spreading; flowering stems up to 400 mm high. Leaves compound; blade imparipinnate; leaflets oblong or obovate, incise-dentate. Flowers: petals 2.5-3.0 mm long, shorter than sepals; corolla yellow; Oct.-Jun. From: Retief, E; Meyer, NL. 2017. Rosaceae. In: E Retief & NL Meyer (eds), Plants of the Free State: Inventory and identification guide. Strelitzia 38: 719-729. South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria. [CC BY]

Spreading annual or biennial herb, branches up to 200 mm long. Leaves 3-foliolate or pinnate with 2-5 pairs of leaflets, pilose or glabrescent, margin obtusely serrate. Flowers in a terminal cyme and axillary in lower parts of stem, petals shorter than sepals, yellow, notched. Achenes wrinkled, apex acute. From: Snijman, DA. 2013. Rosaceae. In: DA Snijman (ed.), Plants of the Greater Cape Floristic Region 2: The Extra Cape flora. Strelitzia 30: 445-446. South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria. [CC BY]

Annual or short-lived perennial herb. Flowering stems up to 400 mm tall. Leaflets oblong or obovate, incise-dentate. Petals 2.5-3.0 mm, shorter than sepals. Flowers yellow. From: Retief, E; Herman, PPJ. 1997. Plants of the northern provinces of South Africa: Keys and diagnostic characters. Strelitzia 6: 1-681. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria. [CC BY]

Habitat

Dry Grassland; Dwarf Karroid Shrubland; Zastron Moist Grassland. Disturbed areas along watercourses, riverine grassland, vleis, occasionally on dried mud left by sinking of water. From: Retief, E; Meyer, NL. 2017. Rosaceae. In: E Retief & NL Meyer (eds), Plants of the Free State: Inventory and identification guide. Strelitzia 38: 719-729. South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria. [CC BY]

Wet, often saline places on slopes and flats. From: Snijman, DA. 2013. Rosaceae. In: DA Snijman (ed.), Plants of the Greater Cape Floristic Region 2: The Extra Cape flora. Strelitzia 30: 445-446. South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria. [CC BY]

Distribution

Possibly naturalised in southern Namibia to KwaZulu-Natal, native to central Europe and W Asia. From: Snijman, DA. 2013. Rosaceae. In: DA Snijman (ed.), Plants of the Greater Cape Floristic Region 2: The Extra Cape flora. Strelitzia 30: 445-446. South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria. [CC BY]

Flowering time

October to June

Altitude

1160 to 1524 m

Occurrence records map

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Residence status

Occurrence in the Flora of Southern Africa (FSA) countries and South African provinces. Residence status indicates if a taxon is indigenous, endemic, naturalised or invasive in a specific region. This data is based on specimen records and literature

FSA

SA

BOT

NAM

ESW

LES

WC

EC

NC

FS

GA

KZN

LP

MP

NW

Absent

Indigenous

Endemic

Naturalised

Invasive

Names and Sources

Accepted name
Potentilla supina L.
Synonym(s)

Potentilla gariepensis E.Mey. ex Harv.


Classification

KINGDOM Plantae

SUBKINGDOM Phanerogamae

ORDER Rosales

FAMILY Rosaceae

SUBFAMILY Rosoideae

SPECIES supina

5216 results for Potentilla supina L.

Specimen records

Barcode: PRE0440215-0 Collector(s) & number: Wilman, M, PRE 55776 | 1920-1-

South Africa, Northern Cape, WARRENTON

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Barcode: PRE0720096-0 Collector(s) & number: Brooks, L, 146 | 1987-4-29

South Africa, Free State, BLOEMFONTEIN; NAT. BOTANIC GARDEN; BOTTOM OF EMPTY MAIN DAM, MOIST.

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Barcode: PRE0440214-0 Collector(s) & number: Bryant, EG, 794 | 1934-12-

South Africa, Northern Cape, ORANGE RIVER; PRIESKA; GATHEAD

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Barcode: PRE0775714-0 Collector(s) & number: Wilman, M, PRE 60557 | 1919-11-

South Africa, Northern Cape, KIMBERLEY DISTRICT; RIVERTON; VAAL RIVERSIDE

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Barcode: PRE0440208-0 Collector(s) & number: Leendertz, R, 3870 | 1911-11-

South Africa, Gauteng, VEREENIGING

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Barcode: PRE0457316-0 Collector(s) & number: Acocks, JPH, 15355 | 1948-5-12

South Africa, Northern Cape, COLESBERG DIV.; ORANGE RIVER; NNE. OF COLESBERG

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Barcode: PRE0440206-0 Collector(s) & number: Merxmuller, H, 2282 | 1958-3-22

Namibia, LUDERITZ; ORANJEMUND; HOHENFELS

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Barcode: PRE0440209-0 Collector(s) & number: Burtt Davy, J, 7019 | 1907-10-11

South Africa, Free State, VILJOENSDRIFT

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Barcode: PRE0635529-0 Collector(s) & number: Retief, E, 1108 | 1983-1-29

South Africa, Free State, FRANKFORT; VAALBANK FARM, C.30 KM NORTH OF FRANKFORT WILGE RIVER

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Barcode: PRE0440216-0 Collector(s) & number: Wilman, M, TRV 21483 | 1919-11-

South Africa, Northern Cape, RIVERTON

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Barcode: PRE0858557-0 Collector(s) & number: Zietsman, PC, 4895 | 2011-2-24

South Africa, Northern Cape, Herbert District. Mokala National Park. Lilydale.

General notes: Biotic effect: natural veld.

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Barcode: PRE0440210-0 Collector(s) & number: Henrici, MGA, 4383 | 1949-6-17

South Africa, Free State, FAURESMITH; KOPPIESKRAAL

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Barcode: PRE0608193-0 Collector(s) & number: Smook, L, 2264 | 1980-3-27

South Africa, Free State, ZASTRON.; CARAVAN PARK-ZASTRON- AROUND DAM.

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Barcode: PRE0541902-0 Collector(s) & number: Muller, DB, 2097 | 1978-3-8

South Africa, Free State, WINBURG.; WILLEM PRETORIUS-WIL; BY INLOOP VAN WITVLEI NABY WATEROEWER

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Barcode: PRE0685488-0 Collector(s) & number: Hilliard, OM, 19020 | 1986-1-10

South Africa, KwaZulu-Natal, CEDARVILLE DIST.; GREENFIELD FARM.; ALONG SIDE OF RUNNELS

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Barcode: PRE0440212-0 Collector(s) & number: Muller, DB, 1596 | 1974-12-12

South Africa, Free State, BLOEMFONTEIN DIST.; KRUGERSDRIFTDAM NAT RES OP INHOEK

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Barcode: PRE0440211-0 Collector(s) & number: O'Connor, TG, 101 | 1974-12-15

South Africa, Free State, BULTFONTEIN; OPPERMANSDRIFT DAM; VLEI AT S END

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Barcode: PRE0440217-0 Collector(s) & number: Acocks, JPH, 1017 | 1931-10-21

South Africa, Northern Cape, HERBERT; VAAL RIVER; SCHMIDTS DRIFT

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Barcode: PRE0765624-0 Collector(s) & number: Jacobsen, NHG, 6232 | 2004-3-15

South Africa, Mpumalanga, Farm Smithfield 44 IS, ± 10 km S of Ogies.

General notes: Veld Type 61, Bankenveld (Acocks). Moist/damp to seasonally waterlogged. Rare, only recorded once along valley bottom, wetland dominated by Cyperus esculentus. No slope. Erect bushy herb with toothed leaves and yellow flowers. Height: 30 - 50 cm. Semi-decumbent.

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2017

SERIES CHAPTER

Rosaceae Retief, E; Meyer, NL

In: E Retief & NL Meyer (eds), Plants of the Free State: Inventory and identification guide. Strelitzia 38: 719-729

South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria

2013

SERIES CHAPTER

Rosaceae Snijman, DA

In: DA Snijman (ed.), Plants of the Greater Cape Floristic Region 2: The Extra Cape flora. Strelitzia 30: 445-446

South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria

1997

SERIES

Plants of the northern provinces of South Africa: Keys and diagnostic characters Retief, E; Herman, PPJ

Strelitzia 6: 1-681

National Botanical Institute, Pretoria

1968

BOOK

Prodromus: einer flora von Südwestafrika, Vol. 55 Friedrich-Holzhammer, M

J. Cramer, Lehre

1862

FLORA CHAPTER

Rosaceae Harvey, WH

In: WH Harvey & OW Sonder (eds), Leguminosae to Loranthaceae. Flora Capensis 2: 285-305

Lovell Reeve & Co. Ltd., London

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Status

Status and criteria

NE

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