Idaho Wood Beauty, Sticky Cinquefoil
Drymocallis glandulosa ssp. glabrata
Synonyms: Potentilla glandulosa var. incisa, Potentilla glandulosa var. intermedia
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Idaho wood beauty observed in open forest along the Willard Springs Trail, Conboy Lake National Wildlife Refuge.....May 15, 2021.
The photo above shows the inflorescence of Nevada cinquefoil as seen in wetlands along Road K1000 east of the Mt. Adams Highway.........June 17, 2007. Note the lack of large leafy bracts within the inflorescence, a characteristic of the similar gland cinquefoil (Potentilla glandulosa var. glandulosa) which can also be found in the vicinity.
The photo above shows numerous long, spreading hairs covering the stem and outside of the sepals of Nevada cinquefoil as seen in wetlands along Road K1000 east of the Mt. Adams Highway.........June 17, 2007. Note that the petals are greater than 1 mm longer than the sepals.
The photo above shows numerous long, spreading hairs covering the stem of Nevada cinquefoil as seen in wetlands along Road K1000 east of the Mt. Adams Highway.........June 17, 2007.
The photo above shows a close-up of the flower
of glandular cinquefoil as seen in meadows immediately north of Hellroaring
Creek adjacent to the Island Springs Trail at the southeastern corner of Mt.
Adams.............July 17, 2005. The flowers of this species are typically light
yellow or white and the petals are usually equal to or up to 1-2 mm longer than
the sepals.
The photo above shows narrow inflorescence of glandular cinquefoil,
with the branches held fairly closely to the axis of the stem. Photographed
in meadows immediately north of Hellroaring Creek adjacent to
the Island Springs Trail at the southeastern corner of Mt. Adams.............July
17, 2005.
The photo above shows an upper stem leaf of
glandular cinquefoil as photographed in meadows immediately north of Hellroaring
Creek adjacent to the Island Springs Trail at the southeastern corner of Mt.
Adams.............July 17, 2005.
The photo above shows the large lower leaves
of glandular cinquefoil as photographed in meadows immediately north of Hellroaring
Creek adjacent to the Island Springs Trail at the southeastern corner of Mt.
Adams.............July 17, 2005. The lower leaves of this species typically
have 5-9 widely spaced leaflets, although 7 is a common number as seen above.
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Sharp-tooth cinquefoil as seen along the Willard Springs Trail in Conboy Lake National Wildlife Refuge.........May 24, 2016.
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Idaho wood beauty in bloom along the Willard Springs Trail in Conboy Lake National Wildlife Refuge......May 15, 2020.
The photo above shows the large leaf of Potentilla
arguta as seen along the upper reaches of the Island Springs Trail, east
of Little Mt. Adams.......September 5, 2004 at GPS coordinates: N 46¾
09.975' --- W 121¾ 23.862' --- Elevation: 5008' --- +/- 21'.To give reference
to the photos below, the whole leaf, from tip of blade to the end of the petiole
is roughly 26 cm in length.
The photo above shows the dried inflorescence
of Potentilla arguta as seen along the Island Springs Trail. Note the
branches of the inflorescence that are closely arranged and nearly erect.
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The photo above shows the tall, narrow stature of glandular cinquefoil
as seen along the Island Springs Trial. The plant above is well above 50 cm
in height.
Paul Slichter