Image to followAI-generated illustrationPotentilla reptans
Potentilla reptans
FamilyGenus: Fingerkräuternative in Germany
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Interactions
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Host relationships
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About this species
Native perennial herb of moderately moist, calcareous soils in partial shade, flowering May to September.
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PollinationLarval hostFlower visit
Ecological significance
Native species of low-disturbance habitats, forming arbuscular mycorrhizal associations.
Annual cycle
Herbaceous perennial that blooms from May to September.
Standort & Merkmale
Light
Halbschatten
Moisture
Frisch (Mäßig feucht)
Soil
Mittelzehrer (Normaler Boden)
Flowering period
Mai – Sep
Soil reaction
Basisch / Kalkhold
Bioregion
Continental
Growth form
Krautige Pflanze
Woodiness
Nicht verholzt
Leaf type
Breitblättrig
Plant height
0.116 m
Morphological traits: TRY ID3 (CC BY 3.0) & TRY ID81 (CC BY)
Pflege & Anbau
Grow in partial shade in fresh, calcareous, moderately fertile soil. Does not tolerate salt.
Scientific profile
Potentilla reptans is a native herbaceous perennial in the family Rosaceae. It reaches about 0.12 m in height and bears broad leaves. The plant grows in partial shade on fresh (moderately moist), calcareous, moderately fertile soils and avoids saline conditions. It forms arbuscular mycorrhizal associations and occurs in low-disturbance habitats. Blooming lasts from May to September.
Pollinators & visitors
157 Arten interagieren mit dieser Pflanze
Pyrgus malvaePyronia tithonusPolygonia c-albumThymelicus sylvestrisBoloria seleneOsmia spinulosaCelastrina argiolusManiola jurtinaColias croceusErynnis tagesAphantopus hyperantusLasiommata megeraClossiana euphrosyneCeratina cyaneaCoenonympha pamphilusHalictus tumulorumAndrena dorsataBombus hypnorumAndrena minutulaLycaena phlaeasHylaeus hyalinatusAglais urticaeVanessa atalantaPolyommatus icarusAndrena subopacaLasioglossum glabriusculumHoplitis leucomelanaLasioglossum fulvicorneAndrena haemorrhoaBombus lapidariusMacrophya annulataLasioglossum pauxillumLasioglossum calceatumBombus lucorumBombus terrestrisApis melliferaPseudovadonia lividaBombus soroeensisAndrena flavipesBombus sylvarumLasioglossum malachurumSpialia sertoriusSpialia rosaeSpialia orbiferMuschampia cribrellumMuschampia tessellumBoloria polarisBoloria friggaBoloria freijaBoloria chariclea
Host relationships
6 species use this plant as a host
Macrothylacia rubiCharissa obscurataAspitates gilvariaElaphria venustulaXylena exsoletaNoctua orbona
Other flower visitors
39 other species visit the flowers
Myocastor coypusoedemera luridaMalachius bipustulatusLasius nigerFringilla coelebsTytthaspis sedecimpunctata (Linnaeus,1761)Oedemera nobilisMeligethes aeneus (Fabricius,1775)?Siphona paucisetaPhysocephala rufipesPipizellaParagusChloropidaeEurytomidaeChrysoteuchia culmellaChelonusThysanopteraNeuropteraFormicaEriothrix rufomaculatusAnthomyiidaeBrassicogethes aeneusFormicidaeMeromyzaSphaerophoriaHalictidaeBombylella atraHemipenthes morioEriothrix rufomaculataSarcophaga pumilaAnthonomus rubiRhinophora lepidaHydrotaea dentipesColastes braconiusSphaerophoria specSphaerophoria.spEumerus.funeralisBombylius aterCephus pygmaeus
Sources & data origin
•Cook et al. (2025) UK Butterfly & Moth Traits (DOI: 10.5285/dbc7cc17-cbbd-49dd-bab4-8e8855768d66)
•Interaktionsdaten via GloBI (CC-BY 4.0)
•Middleton-Welling_2020
•pollinator_interactions
•Baden-Böhm F, App M, Thiele J (2022) — The FloRes Database: A floral resources trait database for pollinator habitat-assessment generated by a multistep workflow. Johann Heinrich von Thünen-Institut, Dryad, DOI: 10.5061/dryad.djh9w0w29 (CC0)
•FloraWeb / BfN
•EIVE 1.0 — Dengler et al. (2023), DOI: 10.3897/VCS.98324 (CC BY 4.0)
•GBIF Backbone Taxonomy — GBIF Secretariat (2024), DOI: 10.15468/39omei (CC BY 4.0)
•TRY Categorical Traits (ID3) — Kattge et al. (2012), DOI: 10.17871/TRY.3 (CC BY 3.0)
•TRY Global Spectrum (ID81) — Díaz et al. (2016/2021), DOI: 10.17871/TRY.81 (CC BY)
•Govaerts R et al. (2025) — World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP) v14. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. DOI: 10.34885/xs7h-ze42 (CC BY 4.0)
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