Life Span
Annual or Biennial
Perennial
Type
Flowering Plants
Perennial
Origin
Northeastern United States, North-Central United States, Canada
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Types
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Abbottswood Potentilla
Day Dawn Potentilla
Goldfinger Potentilla
Pink Beauty Potentilla
Snowbird Potentilla
Number of Varieties
85
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40000
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Habitat
Dry areas, Rocky areas
gardens, Grassland, Homesteads, Open areas
USDA Hardiness Zone
2-73-8
0
99
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AHS Heat Zone
7 - 1
10-1
Sunset Zone
21,22
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
Habit
Clump-Forming
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Plant Size
Minimum Height
30.50 cm30.00 cm
0
3900
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Minimum Width
20.30 cm60.00 cm
0
6350
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Plant Color
Flower Color
Yellow, Pink
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Flower Color Modifier
Bicolor
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Fruit Color
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Leaf Color in Spring
Blue Green
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Leaf Color in Summer
Blue Green
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Leaf Color in Fall
Blue Green
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Leaf Color in Winter
Light Green
Light Green
Shape
Leaf Shape
Pinnate
Tiny
Thorns
✔
✘
✔
✘
Plant Season
Summer, Fall
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Growing Conditions
Sunlight
Full Sun, Partial Sun
Full Sun, Partial Sun
Growth Rate
Fast
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Type of Soil
Loam, Sand
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The pH of Soil
Acidic, Neutral, Alkaline
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Soil Drainage
Well drained
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Bloom Time
Early Summer, Summer, Late Summer, Early Fall
Summer, Late Summer, Early Fall
Repeat Bloomer
✔
✘
✔
✘
Tolerances
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Drought
Where to Plant?
Container, Ground
Ground, Pot
How to Plant?
Seedlings
Stem Planting
Plant Maintenance
Medium
Medium
Watering Plants
Watering Requirements
Do Not over Water, Keep ground moist, Never Over-water, Requires regular watering
Water Deeply, Water when soil is dry
In Summer
Lots of watering
Lots of watering
In Spring
Moderate
Moderate
In Winter
Average Water
Average Water
Soil
Soil pH
Acidic, Neutral, Alkaline
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Soil Type
Loam, Sand
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Soil Drainage Capacity
Well drained
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Sun Exposure
Full Sun, Partial Sun
Full Sun, Partial Sun
Pruning
Remove damaged leaves, Remove dead leaves
Prune if you want to improve plant shape, Prune in winter, Prune to control growth, Remove damaged leaves, Remove deadheads, Requires little pruning
Fertilizers
fertilize in early summer, fertilize in growing season, fertilize in spring
All-Purpose Liquid Fertilizer
Pests and Diseases
Insects
Red blotch
Plant Tolerance
Drought
Drought
Flowers
Showy
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Flower Petal Number
Single
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Fruits
Showy Fruit
✔
✘
✔
✘
Edible Fruit
✔
✘
✔
✘
Fragrance
Fragrant Flower
✔
✘
✔
✘
Fragrant Fruit
✔
✘
✔
✘
Fragrant Leaf
✔
✘
✔
✘
Fragrant Bark/Stem
✔
✘
✔
✘
Showy Foliage
✔
✘
✔
✘
Showy Bark
✔
✘
✔
✘
Foliage Texture
Fine
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Foliage Sheen
Matte
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Evergreen
✔
✘
✔
✘
Invasive
✔
✘
✔
✘
Self-Sowing
✔
✘
✔
✘
Attracts
Butterflies, Insects
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Allergy
Corydalis
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Uses
Aesthetic Uses
Beautification, Showy Purposes
Showy Purposes
Beauty Benefits
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Edible Uses
✔
✘
✔
✘
Environmental Uses
Air purification, Food for insects
Air purification
Plant Benefits
Medicinal Uses
Sedative
Curing infectious diseases, Improve heart health, Lung Problems, Treatment of ulcers
Part of Plant Used
Flowers
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Other Uses
Decoration Purposes, Showy Purposes, Used as Ornamental plant
Showy Purposes
Used As Indoor Plant
✔
✘
✔
✘
Used As Outdoor Plant
✔
✘
✔
✘
Garden Design
Mixed Border, Rock Garden / Wall, Wildflower
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Botanical Name
CORYDALIS sempervirens
POTENTILLA cinerea
Common Name
Colic Weed, Pale Fumewort, Pale Corydalis
Abbotswood Potentilla
In Hindi
Capnoides
Potentilla Abbotswood
In German
Capnoides
Abbotswood potentilla
In French
capnoides
Abbotswood potentille
In Spanish
Capnoides
Abbotswood Potentilla
In Greek
Capnoides
Abbotswood Potentilla
In Portuguese
Capnoides
Abbotswood Potentilla
In Polish
Capnoides
Abbotswood Potentilla
In Latin
capnoides
Abbotswood Potentilla
Kingdom
Plantae
Plantae
Phylum
Basidiomycota
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Class
Agaricomycetes
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Order
Agaricales
Rosales
Family
Fumariaceae
Rosaceae
Genus
Hypholoma
Potentilla
Clade
Angiosperms, Eudicots
Angiosperms, Eudicots, Rosids
Tribe
Fumarieae
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Subfamily
Fumarioideae
Rosoideae
Number of Species
1300
1
27800
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