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|accepted_name=Potentilla reptans
|accepted_authority=Linnaeus
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Sp. Pl.
|place=1: 499. 1753
|year=1753
}}
|common_names=Creeping cinquefoil;potentille rampante
|special_status={{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=I
|label=Introduced
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|basionyms=
|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Rosaceae;Rosaceae subfam. Rosoideae;Rosaceae tribe Potentilleae;Potentilla;Potentilla sect. Potentilla;Potentilla reptans
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Rosaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>subfamily</small>[[Rosaceae subfam. Rosoideae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>tribe</small>[[Rosaceae tribe Potentilleae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Potentilla]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>section</small>[[Potentilla sect. Potentilla]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Potentilla reptans]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 9
|mention_page=page 133
|treatment_page=page 135
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Rootstocks </b>erect, slender to stout, 2–6+ cm. <b>Stems</b> soon becoming prostrate, flagelliform, not branched, rooting at some nodes, 1.5–10+ dm. <b>Basal</b> leaves persistent, usually palmate, 3–12(–30) cm; petiole 2–10(–25) cm, long hairs sparse to abundant, tightly to loosely appressed, 0.5–1.5 mm, usually stiff, sometimes weak, glands absent; leaflets (3–)5(–7), central oblanceolate to obovate, (0.5–)2–4(–7) × 0.3–1.5(–2.5) cm, distal ± 3/4 of margin incised 1/4–1/3 to midvein, teeth (3–)4–12 per side, surfaces similar, green, sparsely to moderately hairy. <b>Cauline</b> leaves 2–3(–4) proximal to 1st flowering node, usually well expanded at anthesis, usually palmate, 2–8(–20) cm; petiole 0.5–6(–15) cm; leaflets (3–)5, ± resembling those of basal leaves, apex rounded to obtuse. <b>Inflorescences</b> solitary flowers at stolon nodes. <b>Pedicels</b> (2.5–)4–12(–15) cm. <b>Flowers</b> 5(–10)-merous; epicalyx bractlets elliptic or oblong to ovate, 4–10 × 1.5–3.5 mm, often much larger than sepals (especially in fruit); hypanthium 4–7 mm diam.; sepals (3–)5–7 mm, apex broadly acute to obtuse; petals 7–9(–12) × 6–9(–11) mm, apex usually ± retuse; stamens ca. 20, filaments (0.5–)1–2.5(–2.8) mm, anthers (1–)1.3–2 mm; carpels 60–120, styles 0.6–1.3 mm. <b>Achenes</b> 1.3–1.6 mm, ± rugose. <b>2n</b> = 28 (Eurasia).</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering late Apr–Aug.
|habitat=Dry to moist lawns, roadsides, waste places, on non-acidic soil
|elevation=0–500 m
|distribution=N.S.;Ont.;Que.;Calif.;Colo.;D.C.;Fla.;Ga.;Ill.;Ky.;La.;Md.;Mass.;Mich.;Minn.;N.J.;N.Y.;Ohio;Oreg.;Pa.;Va.;Wash.;Wis.;Europe;w Asia;n Africa;Atlantic Islands (Azores;Macaronesia);introduced also in West Indies;Bermuda;South America;Africa (Ethiopia);Pacific Islands (New Zealand);Australia.
|introduced=true
|discussion=<p><i>Potentilla reptans</i> is becoming widely introduced in North America, though not fully naturalized in some of the states indicated here. It may be confused with <i>P. canadensis</i> and <i>P. simplex</i>, but, in addition to the characters highlighted in the key, <i>P. reptans</i> tends to have more crenately toothed leaves than the more sharply toothed leaves of the native species. The plant has a history of medicinal uses similar to that of <i>P. erecta</i>. The cultivated double-flowered form is sometimes found established in weedy places.</p>
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-->{{#Taxon:
name=Potentilla reptans
|authority=Linnaeus
|rank=species
|parent rank=section
|synonyms=
|basionyms=
|family=Rosaceae
|phenology=Flowering late Apr–Aug.
|habitat=Dry to moist lawns, roadsides, waste places, on non-acidic soil
|elevation=0–500 m
|distribution=N.S.;Ont.;Que.;Calif.;Colo.;D.C.;Fla.;Ga.;Ill.;Ky.;La.;Md.;Mass.;Mich.;Minn.;N.J.;N.Y.;Ohio;Oreg.;Pa.;Va.;Wash.;Wis.;Europe;w Asia;n Africa;Atlantic Islands (Azores;Macaronesia);introduced also in West Indies;Bermuda;South America;Africa (Ethiopia);Pacific Islands (New Zealand);Australia.
|introduced=true
|reference=None
|publication title=Sp. Pl.
|publication year=1753
|special status=Introduced
|source xml=https://bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-data-curation/src/2e0870ddd59836b60bcf96646a41e87ea5a5943a/coarse_grained_fna_xml/V9/V9_193.xml
|subfamily=Rosaceae subfam. Rosoideae
|tribe=Rosaceae tribe Potentilleae
|genus=Potentilla
|section=Potentilla sect. Potentilla
|species=Potentilla reptans
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