Species: Potentilla (Potentilla sp.)
Family: Roses (Rosaceae)
Category: Flowering Plants
Location: SE
A. Flowering Plants
More extensive information on flowering plants can be found in a separate blog post.
B. Roses (Rosaceae)
Potentillas are annual, biennial and perennial herbaceous flowering plants of the rose family. In English, they are often called "cinquefoils" or "silverweeds". The family also includes barren strawberries and tormentils. Most are ground-hugging plants; some are larger shrubs. Flowers of Potentilla plants are usually yellow.
C. Potentilla (Potentilla sp.)
The Potentilla in the Cemetery is probably established from a garden escape. It lies in the south-east corner of the Cemetery and forms a large shrub nearly 150 centimetres high. It usually attracts plenty of pollinators and in early July 2021 was photographed covered with male Swollen-thighed Beetles (Oedemera nobilis).
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Potentilla
The bright yellow Potentilla shrub attracts an array of beetles and other insects. Here it has been photographed with a male Swollen-thighed Beetles (Oedemera nobilis).
Potentilla
The Potentilla in the Cemetery is probably established from a garden escape. It lies in the south-east corner of the Cemetery and forms a large shrub nearly 150 centimetres high.
Potentilla
The Potentilla shrub in the Cemetery has leaves that do not have serrated edges, as can be clearly seen in this photograph. This means that it can't be a Sulphur Cinquefoil, Potentilla recta, or one of its look-alikes such as the Norwegian Cinquefoil, Potentilla norvegica, or Potentilla intermedia. It is also a larger shrub than any of these creeping cinquefoil plants.
