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Cinquefoils (Potentilla spp.)—The Five Finger Weeds

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 June 2017

Larry W. Mitich
Larry W. Mitich*
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Dep. Vegetable Crops, Univ. California, Davis, CA 95616
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In 1753 Linneaus named the genus Potentilla in his Species Plantarum. The common name five finger is used frequently for this group of plants. The genus, in the rose family (Rosaceae), is composed of about 500 north temperate species (50 in North America, 75 European species) of mostly boreal herbs and shrubs. Indeed, Potentilla extends far into arctic regions. However, a few species are south temperate. And although less common, some species are also found in alpine and high mountain regions of the tropics and South America; P. anserinoides Lehm. is a New Zealand native.

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Intriguing World of Weeds
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Weed Technology , Volume 9 , Issue 4 , December 1995, pp. 857 - 861
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Copyright © 1995 by the Weed Science Society of America 

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