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Spring Cinquefoil - Potentilla verna

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Spring Cinquefoil Spring Cinquefoil - Potentilla verna dylan Goat Gully 25 Apr 2021, 3 p.m. 24 Apr 2021, 3:43 p.m.
Spring Cinquefoil Spring Cinquefoil - Potentilla verna dylan Avon Gorge 17 Apr 2021, 9:33 a.m. 16 Apr 2021, 5:44 p.m.
Spring Cinquefoil Spring Cinquefoil - Potentilla verna dylan Avon Gorge 17 Apr 2021, 9:33 a.m. 16 Apr 2021, 5:44 p.m.
Spring Cinquefoil Spring Cinquefoil - Potentilla verna dylan Avon Gorge 17 Apr 2021, 9:33 a.m. 16 Apr 2021, 5:44 p.m.
Spring Cinquefoil Spring Cinquefoil - Potentilla verna dylan Goat Gully 25 Apr 2021, 3 p.m. 24 Apr 2021, 3:43 p.m.
Spring Cinquefoil Spring Cinquefoil - Potentilla verna dylan Goat Gully 25 Apr 2021, 3 p.m. 24 Apr 2021, 3:43 p.m.

Species Description

Scattered throughout most of the UK but scarce and in decline in the South. Now called Potentilla neumanniana. Habitat includes: Dry, undisturbed, basic rich soils such as limestone rocks (inland and coastal), crags, screes, dune slacks, quarries, dry chalk grassland etc. Stoloniferous Perennial - mat forming. Other names include: Spotted Cinquefoil. Flowers: April to June. Height: Up to 15 cm.