Potentilla intermedia L.
Downy cinquefoil
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7/20/2013 · Wooden Bridge, East Pepperell, Massachusetts · ≈ 5 × 4½″ (13 × 11 cm)
ID is uncertain 
7/20/2013 · Wooden Bridge, East Pepperell, Massachusetts · ≈ 4 × 3½″ (10 × 8.9 cm)
ID is uncertain 
7/20/2013 · Wooden Bridge, East Pepperell, Massachusetts · ≈ 4½ × 5″ (11 × 12 cm)
ID is uncertain 
| Kingdom | Plantae | Plants, but not fungi, lichens, or algae (from Stearn's Botanical Latin) |
| Subkingdom | Tracheobionta | Vascular plants—plants with a “circulatory system” for delivering water and nutrients |
| Division | Magnoliophyta | Flowering plants, also known as angiosperms |
| Class | Magnoliopsida | Dicotyledons—plants with two initial seed leaves |
| Subclass | Rosidae | Roses, legumes, proteas, dogwoods, hydrangeas, mistletoes, euphorbias, grapes, many more |
| Order | Rosales | Rose family and eight others |
| Family | Rosaceae | Includes apples, apricots, plums, cherries, peaches, pears, raspberries, strawberries, almonds, roses, meadowsweets, photinias, firethorns, rowans, and hawthorns; many others |
| Genus | Potentilla | Latin for “powerful,” for the medicinal qualities of some species |
| Species | intermedia | Intermediate, indicating an observation that a species was probably considered as being halfway or partway between two others with regard to some particular characteristic, e.g. tall, short, and “intermediate” |
Potentilla intermedia description by Thomas H. Kent, not updated.
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