Bluff Cinquefoil

Potentilla arenosa (Potentilla nivea var arenosa,

General Status Rank: 
Secure
Common Name: 
Bluff Cinquefoil
Scientific Name: 
Potentilla arenosa (Potentilla nivea var arenosa,
Synonyms: 
Potentilla nivea var arenosa
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Taxonomy
Group: 
Vascular Plant
Kingdom: 
Plantae
Phylum: 
Magnoliophyta
Class: 
Dicotyledoneae
Order: 
Rosales
Family: 
Rosaceae
Distribution

Ecozones

Northern Arctic, Southern Arctic, Taiga Plains, Taiga Shield

Distribution

Score: 
G

Number of Occurrences

syn Potentilla nivea subsp. Chamissonis used in Porsild & Cody 1980: 21 locations on Aiken et al 2007 map (as P. arenosa); large range and many dots on Porsild & Cody 1980 map (as P. nivea ssp. Chamissonis); P. arenosa also reported for Tuktut Nogait NP (Saarela et al 2013)
Score: 
C
References: 
B003
A411
Threats

Threats

Score: 
C
General Status Rank
Rank: 
Secure
Status Rank Description: 
syn Potentilla nivea subsp. Chamissonis used in Porsild & Cody 1980; FNA: "P. hookeriana is primarily alpine plants from the Rocky Mountains…Arctic plants previously included in P. hookeriana are now assigned to P. arenosa";
S Rank: 
S4
Decision Process Description: 
As per expert opinion of Marilyn Anions (2015). Due to taxonomic changes
Last Updated: 
July 24, 2015

References

Number of Occurrences

  • Porsild AE, and Cody WJ (1980) Vascular Plants of Continental Northwest Territories, Canada. National Museums of Canada RWED Library Call #QK203.N7P6http://ia601004.us.archive.org/22/items/vascularplantsof00pors/vascularplantsof00pors.pdf - B003 Return
  • Saarela, J.M., L.J. Gillespie, L.L. Consaul, R. D. Bull (2013) 102(1): 1-177 - A411 Return