Potentilla supina L.

Family: ROSACEAE

Genus: Potentilla

Catalan common name: Potentil·la de fangar.

Spanish common name: Cincoenrama de laguna.

Province distribution: Castelló. València.

General distribution (Phytogeography): Circumboreal

Plants protected by law: País Valencià Catalogue.

IUCN Category: LCLeast concern

Flowering time: JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Life-forms: Terophyte.

Habitats: Non-saline wetlands (intermittent watercourses, streams, artesian wells, ditches). Perennial grasslands on disturbed soils that are frequently flooded.

Characteristics: Herbaceous plant, annual or short-lived perennial. Numerous flowering stems up to 50 cm, prostrate, much branched, covered with long erect hairs intermixed with short hairs. Leaves pinnately compound, with 7-11 obovate, toothed, hairy leaflets. Flowers solitary in the leaf axils. Epicalyx of 5 parts, very similar to the calyx. Sepals 5, triangular. Petals 5, 2-3 mm, equal to or smaller than the sepals, yellow.