Potentilla caulescens L.

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Family: ROSACEAE

Genus: Potentilla

Catalan common name: Potentil·la de roca. Rabassa bruna. Te de soca. Te de soqueta.

Spanish common name: Cincoenrama de roca.

Province distribution: Alacant. Balearic Islands. Barcelona. Castelló. Girona. Lleida. Tarragona. València.

Distribution in the islands: Mallorca.

General distribution (Phytogeography): South Mediterranean

IUCN Category: LCLeast concern

Flowering time: JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Life-forms: Hemicryptophyte.

Habitats: Rock crevices and cliff faces. Rock creviceses and cliff faces.

Characteristics: We can find this very beautiful plant in the Serra de Tramuntana, in the cracks in the rocks, always in shady places. It is easy to distinguish, since it is the only species that lives in these environments with palmate leaves, moreover the leaflets have long, silky hairs, above all in the margin. The leaves are gathered in a rosette, right on the rock. The plant is perennial, like most of them living in the rocks, and it has quite a large trunk in relation to the size of the plant. It flowers at the end of spring, developing white flowers with five petals.