Life Span
Biennial
Perennial
Type
Perennial
Flowering Plants
Origin
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Tropical Asia
Types
Abbotswood potentilla, Daydawn potentilla, Klondike potentilla
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Number of Varieties
250
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40000
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Habitat
Clay soil areas, Rocky areas, Wet ground
Rocky Mountains, wastelands
USDA Hardiness Zone
3-88-11
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99
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AHS Heat Zone
10-1
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Sunset Zone
A1, A2, A3, H1, H2, 1a, 1b, 2a, 2b, 3a, 3b, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24
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Habit
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Plant Size
Minimum Height
91.44 cm60.00 cm
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3900
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Minimum Width
91.44 cm40.00 cm
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6350
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Plant Color
Flower Color
Orange, Yellow
White
Flower Color Modifier
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Bicolor
Fruit Color
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Leaf Color in Spring
Green, Light Green
Dark Green
Leaf Color in Summer
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Light Green
Leaf Color in Fall
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Several shades of Green
Leaf Color in Winter
Light Green
Light Green
Shape
Leaf Shape
Small elliptic
Maple shaped
Thorns
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✘
✔
✘
Plant Season
Early Fall, Spring
Early Spring, Spring
Growing Conditions
Sunlight
Full Sun, Partial shade, Partial Sun
Full Sun
Growth Rate
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Fast
Type of Soil
Well drained
Moist, Rich
The pH of Soil
Slightly Alkaline
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Soil Drainage
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Well drained
Bloom Time
Late Summer, Summer
Spring, Summer
Repeat Bloomer
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✘
✔
✘
Tolerances
Drought
Drought
Where to Plant?
Ground
Bedding, Container, Ground
How to Plant?
Stem Planting
Cuttings
Plant Maintenance
Low
Low
Watering Plants
Watering Requirements
Average Water Needs, Needs watering once a week, Water less during winter, Water more in summer, Water when soil is dry
Water Deeply
In Summer
Lots of watering
Lots of watering
In Spring
Moderate
Moderate
In Winter
Average Water
Average Water
Soil
Soil pH
-
-
Soil Type
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Moist, Rich
Soil Drainage Capacity
-
Well drained
Sun Exposure
Full Sun, Partial Sun
Full Sun
Pruning
Prune if you want to improve plant shape, Prune in early spring, Remove damaged leaves, Remove dead branches, Remove dead leaves
Remove dead leaves
Fertilizers
Apply 10-10-10 amount
All-Purpose Liquid Fertilizer
Pests and Diseases
Red blotch
Red blotch
Plant Tolerance
Drought
Drought
Flowers
✔
✘
✔
✘
Flower Petal Number
-
Single
Fruits
Showy Fruit
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✘
✔
✘
Edible Fruit
✔
✘
✔
✘
Fragrance
Fragrant Flower
✔
✘
✔
✘
Fragrant Fruit
✔
✘
✔
✘
Fragrant Leaf
✔
✘
✔
✘
Fragrant Bark/Stem
✔
✘
✔
✘
Showy Foliage
✔
✘
✔
✘
Showy Bark
✔
✘
✔
✘
Foliage Texture
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Fine
Foliage Sheen
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Matte
Evergreen
✔
✘
✔
✘
Invasive
✔
✘
✔
✘
Self-Sowing
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✘
✔
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Attracts
Bees, Butterflies
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Allergy
Avoid during Pregnancy
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Uses
Aesthetic Uses
Showy Purposes, Used for decorating walls, fences, gates, hedges, etc.
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Beauty Benefits
Good for skin, Skin cleanser, Skin Problems
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Edible Uses
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Environmental Uses
Air purification, Prevent Soil Erosion, Provides ground cover, soil erosion prevension on hill slopes
Air purification
Plant Benefits
Medicinal Uses
Antibiotic, Astringent, Diarrhea, Haemostatic, Hypoglycaemic, Mildly painful menstruation, Odontalgic, Premenstrual syndrome, Swelling
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Part of Plant Used
Flowers, Root
Flowers
Other Uses
Cosmetics, Showy Purposes, Used as a dye
Used As Food
Used As Indoor Plant
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✘
✔
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Used As Outdoor Plant
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✔
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Garden Design
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Vegetable
Botanical Name
POTENTILLA
Abelmoschus manihot
Common Name
Potentilla
Aibika, hibiscus spinach, ibika, bele
In Hindi
Potentilla plant
aibika
In German
Potentilla Pflanze
Maniok-Bisameibisch
In French
plante Potentilla
L'Aibika
In Spanish
planta Potentilla
Aibika
In Greek
φυτό potentilla
aibika
In Portuguese
planta Potentilla
Aibika
In Polish
Potentilla roślin
aibika
In Latin
Potentilla herba
aibika
Kingdom
Plantae
Plantae
Phylum
Vascular plant
Magnoliophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Magnoliopsida
Order
Rosales
Malvales
Family
Rosaceae
Malvaceae
Genus
Potentilla
Abelmoschus
Clade
Angiosperms, Eudicots, Rosids
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Tribe
-
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Subfamily
Rosoideae
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Number of Species
30015
1
27800
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