Potentilla Quest

Potentilla indica in the Americas: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/identify?ident_taxon_id=243824&place_id=97394,97389&per_page=100
P. hebiichigo in the Americas: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/identify?verifiable=true&ident_taxon_id=460193&place_id=97394,97389
Checking understanding: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/identify?per_page=100&ident_user_id=galanhsnu&ident_taxon_id=460193
Potentillas of United States: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/identify?per_page=100&place_id=1&taxon_id=53186
Potentilleae of United States: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/identify?per_page=100&place_id=1&hrank=supertribe&lrank=subtribe&taxon_id=885411
US Unknown / Potentillinae: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/identify?page=2&verifiable=any&project_id=155242&place_id=1

Potentilla hebiichigo Self To do: (remember to review outside Texas too for the future)
Reviewing Self in Texas: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/identify?reviewed=true&quality_grade=needs_id%2Cresearch&page=8&verifiable=true&place_id=18&taxon_id=243824&without_taxon_id=460193
Reviewing others in Texas: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/identify?quality_grade=needs_id%2Cresearch&page=2&verifiable=true&place_id=18&taxon_id=243824
RG & NI obs P hebii vs indica worldwide: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/identify?quality_grade=needs_id%2Cresearch&verifiable=any&ident_taxon_id_exclusive=243824%2C460193

Deep Dive in Potentillas in the US:
As of 08/23/24, looked up until July 20th, 2023.
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/identify?page=188&order=asc&taxon_id=53186&place_id=1&d1=2023-07-19&d2=2024-08-23&without_taxon_id=55732%2C78726%2C62211
Copy-Pastes: https://www.inaturalist.org/pages/responses#welcome
Hello! This Potentilla shows multi-toothed bractlets so I believe it is P. indica.
http://www.namethatplant.net/plantdetail.shtml?plant=498 is a good visual guide if you wish to know more.
Luckily it is possible to ID this species from the leaf or fruit alone but for many plants that is not possible. For future observations, could you please take more photos? For plant ID, it's good to get a photo of: a wide view of the whole plant & the surrounding environment, a good shot of the leaves, stems, flowers, back of the flower and fruit attached if possible. This would help future IDers help you.

Posted on September 18, 2023 12:19 PM by sarah_oberlin