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| THE ROSE FAMILY | |||||||||
| The rose family is one of the most
well known plant families in Saskatchewan. Plants in this family are trees,
shrubs or herbs. The shrubs or trees are commonly armed with prickles or
spines. The leaves can be simple or compound and frequently have a saw-toothed
margin. A pair of stipules is usually present at the base of the stem leaves.
The flowers are in various types of clusters or can be solitary. The flowers
are frequently brightly coloured and showy. The flowers have five sepals
and petals, five to many stamens in whorls and one to many fused or distinct
carpels. The fruits can be drupes (ex. cherry), pomes (ex. apple), or aggregates
of achenes (ex. strawberry), pods, or drupelets (ex. raspberry). Many fruit crops are members of the rose family. Cherry, apple, pear, raspberry and strawberry are examples. Roses are used for medicine and for their essential oils. Many roses are grown as ornamentals in gardens. |
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| FIVE-LEAVED CINQUEFOIL | |||||||||
| LATIN NAME: Potentilla nivea var. pentaphylla | |||||||||
| WHAT DOES IT LOOK LIKE? | |||||||||
| Five-leaved cinquefoil grows as tall as 40 cm from a thick, woody stem base. The leaves are divided into five leaflets. The leaflets are long-hairy above and densely woolly and long-hairy below. The leaf stalks are more than three times as long as the blade and have tufts of long, curly hairs. The flowers are yellow. | |||||||||
| WHERE DOES IT GROW? | |||||||||
| Five-leaved cinquefoil grows in dry, sandy prairies and open pine woods. | |||||||||
| WHERE IS IT FOUND IN SASKATCHEWAN? | |||||||||
| This plant is found in central Saskatchewan in the Moist Mixed Grassland, Aspen Parkland, and Boreal Transition ecoregions. | |||||||||
| WHY IS IT RARE? | |||||||||
| Five-leaved cinquefoil is vulnerable because it is rare or uncommon in Saskatchewan. Population sizes vary from small to large. Possible threats have been identified for this species. | |||||||||
| HOW TO IDENTIFY FIVE-LEAVED CINQUEFOIL | |||||||||
| * Are the leaflets white woolly below? * Are the leaf stalks less than three times as long as the blade and with curly hairs? * Are the basal leaves divided into five leaflets? * Did you find it in central Saskatchewan? | |||||||||
If you answered yes to all of these questions, you may have found five-leaved cinquefoil! |
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