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Sibbaldia tridentata (Aiton) Paule & Soják

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Family

  • Rosaceae

Genus

Synonyms

  • Potentilla tridentata Aiton
  • Sibbaldiopsis tridentata (Aiton) Rydb.

Other taxa in genus

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    Sibbaldia tridentata

    Sibbaldia tridentata is an evergreen low mat-forming woody-based plant with white flowers in cymes (Arboretum Het Leen Eeklo, Belgium – 5 May 2014). Image © Jan De Langhe.

    A dwarf cushion plant with trifoliolate leaves, their leaflets toothed at the apex; flowers white.

    Native of N. America and Greenland. In cultivation, but scarcely shrubby.

    Sibbaldia tridentata

    White flowers on Sibbaldia tridentata (Arboretum Het Leen Eeklo, Belgium – 5 May 2014). Image © Jan De Langhe.

    Sibbaldia tridentata

    Foliage on Sibbaldia tridentata at Arboretum Het Leen eeklo, Belgium (18 June 2025). Image © Jan De Langhe.

    Sibbaldia tridentata

    Leaves on Sibbaldia tridentata, with 3 obovate leaflets, apically dentate (Arboretum Het Leen eeklo, Belgium – 18 June 2025). Image © Jan De Langhe.

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