Potentilla
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- noun
- /pəˈtɛn.tɪ.lə/
- Specialized
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potentilla
- They rode up a long, sloping ridge, strewn with pine and potentilla, and came to the rim of a high bluff from where you could look down the twin valleys that gave the ranch its name, and there they stopped and sat the horses awhile.
- herbaceous Potentilla
Examples
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The vibrant yellow flowers of the potentilla brighten the garden throughout the summer.
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Then we've got a little pink potentilla in here and some supertunia Bordeaux.
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Azaleas grew there, and potentillas, with drifts of spring bulbs in the hough grass.
Fiction book (1990) -
His dream house, a Spanish-type colonial landscaped with oleander, hibiscus, and potentilla, comes complete with its gardener and watchdog.
Fiction book (1991) -
I spread straw in mixed borders where perennials are blended with shrubs like potentilla, spirea, and cotoneaster that capture leaves and won't easily let them go.
Blog text (21) -
In many gardens, potentillas are favored for their hardiness and ability to attract pollinators.
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A bicolored potentilla, P. 'Melton Fire', offered by Hillary's Garden, has long-blooming, lemon-and-red flowers.
Synonyms
A small plant with leaves divided into parts and flowers with five petals, often yellow
Compounds
- Specialized
A low growing plant with silvery leaves that spreads along wet ground
Surface Forms
Etymology
Potentilla comes from Latin and uses the same root as the English word potent, which means 'powerful'. People once called small plants this when they thought the plants had strong healing power, so you can remember Potentilla as a 'little powerful one', a name that fits its hardiness and bright flowers.