[The Flora of Denali National Park and Preserve: Wildflowers with 5 Petals]

The Rose Family in Denali National Park and Preserve

Rosaceae

Two-flowered Cinquefoil: Potentilla biflora
Two-flowered Cinquefoil: Potentilla biflora

Marsh Cinquefoil, Marsh Fivefinger, Purple Cinquefoil, Purple Marshlocks: Comarum palustre (Synonyms: Potentilla palustris, Potentilla palustris var. parvifolia, Potentilla palustris var. villosa)

Shrubby Cinquefoil, Bush Cinquefoil, Golden Hardhack, Tundra Rose, Widdy: Dasiphora fruticosa ssp. floribunda (Synonyms: Dasiphora floribunda, Dasiphora fruticosa, Pentaphylloides floribunda, Pentaphylloides fruticosa, Potentilla floribunda, Potentilla fruticosa, Potentilla fruticosa ssp. floribunda, Potentilla fruticosa var. farreri, Potentilla fruticosa var. tenuifolia)

Yellow Dryas, Yellow Mountain Avens, Drummond's Mountain Avens: Dryas drummondii (var. ?)

Entireleaf Mountain Avens, Entire-leaved Mountain Avens: Dryas integrifolia (Synonyms: Dryas chamissonis, Dryas integrifolia var. sylvatica, Dryas integrifolia ssp. sylvatica, Dryas sylvatica)

Alaskan Mountain-avens, Mountain Avens, Eight-petal Mountain Avens, Eight-petaled Mountain-avens, White Dryas, White Mountain Avens: Dryas octopetala ssp. alaskensis (Synonyms: Dryas alaskensis, Dryas octopetala)

Largeleaf Avens, Large-leaved Avens: Geum macrophyllum (var. macrophyllum or var. perincisum ?)

Alpine Avens, Ross'Avens: Geum rossii var. rossii (Synonym: Acomastylis rossii)

Twoflower Cinquefoil, Two-flowered Cinquefoil: Potentilla biflora

Hooker's Cinquefoil, Redstemmed Cinquefoil, Rocky Mountain Cinquefoil: Potentilla hookeriana - This taxa seems to have been changed to Potentilla rubricaulis as seen below.

Arctic Cinquefoil: Potentilla nana (Synonyms: Potentilla emarginata, Potentilla flabellifolia var. emarginata, Potentilla hyparctica, Potentilla hyparctica ssp. nana, Potentila hyparctica var. elatior)

Snow Cinquefoil: Potentilla nivea var. nivea (Synonyms: Potentilla arenosa, Potentilla nivea ssp. fallax, Potentilla nivea var. tomentosa, Potentilla prostrata, Potentilla prostrata ssp. floccosa)

Norwegian Cinquefoil, Rough Cinquefoil, Ternate-leaved Cinquefoil: Potentilla norvegica ssp. monspeliensis (Synonyms: Potentilla monspeliensis, Potentilla norvegica ssp. hirsuta, Potentilla norvegica var. hirsuta, Potentilla norvegica var. labradorica)

Rocky Mountain Cinquefoil: Potentilla rubricaulis (Synonyms: Potentilla concinna var. modesta, Potentilla modesta, Potentilla paucijuga, Potentilla pensylvanica var. paucijuga, Potentilla pensylvanica var. virgulata, Potentilla rubricaulis var. dasyphylla, Potentilla rubricaulis var. pedersenii, Potentilla saximontana, Potentilla virgulata)

Oneflower Cinquefoil, One-flowered Cinquefoil: Potentilla uniflora (Synonym: Potentilla ledebouriana)

Villous Cinquefoil: Potentilla villosa (Synonyms: Potentilla nivea var. villosa, Potentilla villosa var. parviflora, Potentilla villosula)

Prickly Rose, Prickly Wild Rose: Rosa acicularis ( var. acicularis or var. sayi ?)

Arctic Bramble, Arctic Raspberry,Crimson Blackberry, Dwarf Blackberry, Dwarf Raspberry, Nagoonberry, Nectarberry, Northern Blackberry, Wineberry: Rubus arcticus (ssp. acaulis, ssp. stellatus)

Baked-apple Berry, Cloudberry, Dwarf Mulberry, Salmonberry, Yellowberry: Rubus chamaemorus

American Red Raspberry: Rubus idaeus ssp. idaeus

Canadian Burnet, Official Great Burnet, Sitka Burnet: Sanguisorba canadensis (Synonyms: Sanguisorba canadensis ssp. latifolia, Sanguisorba canadensis var. latifolia, Sanguisorba sitchensis, Sanguisorba stipulata)

Bloodwort, Great Burnet, Red Burnet: Sanguisorba officinalis (Synonyms: Poterium officinale, Sanguisorba microcephala, Sanguisorba officnalis ssp. microcephala, Sanguisorba officinalis var. polygama)

Creeping Glow-wort, Creeping Sibbaldia, Prostrate Sibbaldia, Sibbaldia: Sibbaldia procumbens (Synonym: Potentilla sibbaldia)

Alaska Spiraea, Beauverd's Spiraea, Steven's Meadowsweet, Steven's Spiraea: Spiraea stevenii (Synonyms: Spiraea beauverdiana, Spiraea beauverdiana var. stevenii)


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