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Potentilla anglica Laichard.

trailing tormentil (Rosaceae)

 SpreadBias within British IslesDirection of bias
Very widespreadSlight tendencySW
Plant Atlas 2020
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Potentilla anglica is a stabilised hybrid between Potentilla erecta and Potentilla reptans; it has some 4-parted and some 5-parted flowers, but its petioles are not all the same length, unlike the hybrid Potentilla × mixta.

Crai (VC42: Brecknockshire); 2021-06-08

 trailing tormentil / Potentilla anglica: _Potentilla anglica_ is a stabilised hybrid between _Potentilla erecta_ and _Potentilla reptans_; it has some 4-parted and some 5-parted flowers, but its petioles are not all the same length, unlike the hybrid _Potentilla_ × _mixta_.

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