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740. Geum urbanum L., Sp. Pl.: 500 (1753) [“G. intermedium” auct. non G. ×intermedium
Ehrh. (1791)]
Broadleaf disturbed woods and edges of paths within woods. – Throughout hilly and mountain
woods of Sicily. – C.

* Potentilla anserina L., Sp. Pl.: 495 (1753)
Dry meadows, sunny cliffs, walls (particularly on siliceous ground). – Reported doubtful by Fl.
Europ. 2: 39 (1968). Perhaps absent from the region. – ?RR.

741. Potentilla argentea L., Sp. Pl.: 497 (1753)
Dry meadows, sunny cliffs, walls. – Single record: Bosco di Milo (Raimondo & al. 2004). –
?Further surveys are needed. – ?RR.
742. Potentilla calabra Ten., Fl. Napol. 1, Prodr. Suppl. II: lxviii (1815) et Fl. Napol. 1:
287, tab. xliv (1815) [P. argentea β calabra Ces., Passer. & Gibelli]
Dry mountain meadows. – Madonie, Etna, Floresta (Gussone 1827); Etna Bosco di Nicolosi,
Bosco Maletto (Lojacono 1891); Madonie: Piano Battaglia, Fosse di S. Gandolfo (Raimondo
1980); Etna dal Bosco di Nicolosi sino alle quote più elevate (Raimondo & al. 1994); M. Soro
(Raimondo & al. 2004). – NC.

743. Potentilla inclinata Vill., Hist. Pl. Dauph. 3 (1): 567 (1788) [P. canescens Besser,
Prim. Fl. Galiciae Austriac. 1: 380 (1809)]
According to Pignatti (1982) apomyptic taxon of hybrid origin growing even distant from the
parents. – Dry meadows, cliffs. – Caronia, Mistretta (Gussone 1843); Nicolosi al M. delle Teste
(Lojacono 1891); ?D: Pantano Catania e Simeto fino a Paternò (Lopriore 1900); Caronia e
Mistretta (Nicotra) (Pignatti 1982: “non … ripresa dagli AA. più recenti”); Madonie M.
Catarineci (Raimondo & al. 2004). Classic localities are to be surveyed. – ?RR.
* Potentilla detommasii Ten., Fl. Napol. 1, Prodr. Suppl. I: lxi (1813) et Fl. Napol. 1: 285,
tab. xlv (1815)
According to Lojacono (1891: 178) Sicilian specimens collected by Tineo at Cacudda are not
identified with P. detommasii, but close to P. pedata Nestler. Specimens to be investigated. – Dry
meadows, limestone cliffs. – ?D: Palermo sui monti sopra Renda a Cacudda (Tineo 1846), D?:
Monte Maletto (Etna), versante nord-occidentale dell’Etna (Brullo & Marcenò 1984), but pro-
bably my mistake!; Specimens of Tineo from Cannata in PAL non referable with P. detommasii!
Probably to be excluded! – ?RR.

744. Potentilla recta L., Sp. Pl.: 497 (1753) [“Potentilla pedata” sensu auct. Fl. Sic.; “P.
hirta” sensu auct. Fl. Sic. non L.]
Dry meadows, limestone cliffs. – Palermo a S. Martino presso la Niviera, Pizzuta, Via della Piana
de’ Greci, Mistretta, Bronte, Nicolosi a S. Lio, Cesarò (Gussone 1827: sub P. pedata); Petralia
(Heldreich) (Gussone 1843); Castellobuono ai castagneti (Minà) (Gussone 1845: 832); Ficuzza
via della Ramosa, Tortorici, S. Martino, Piana (Lojacono 1891). – R.
745. Potentilla hirta L., Sp. Pl.: 497 (1753)
Dry meadows, limestone cliffs. – According to Fl. Europ. 2: 43 (1968) it is absent from Sicily and
perhaps misidentified. M. La Nave di Bronte (Barbagallo & al. 1979 a). To be verified. – ?R.

746. Potentilla reptans L., Sp. Pl.: 499 (1753)
Wet muds, uncultivated land, ruins. – Throughout the region. – CC.