Distribution: Widely distributed on both sides of the Cascades crest in Washington; British Columbia to California, east to Montana, Idaho, Utah, and Arizona.
Habitat: Open, mesic areas from coastal meadows to forest openings, to the subalpine.
Flowers: June-August
Origin: Native
Growth Duration: Perennial
Conservation Status: Not of concern
Pollination: Bees, flies, moths
Glandular perennial with a branched crown and rhizomes, the individual stems simple below the inflorescence, 1.5-4 dm. tall.
Leaves alternate, pinnate; leaflets 5-9, glandular-pubescent, oblong-obovate, the terminal leaflet wedge-shaped; cauline leaves few, reduced upward.
Inflorescence cymose, few-flowered, diffuse, leafy bracteate; calyx rotate, 5-parted, the segments alternating with bracteoles, 4-8 mm. long; petals yellow, broadly ovate, about equal to the sepals, ascending; stamens usually 25; pistils numerous; style thickened above the base and tapered to each end, exceeding the ovary to which it is attached well below the middle.
Achenes about 1 mm. long.
Publication: A Monograph of the North American Potentilleae 198. 1898.
- ssp. glabrata – Idaho wood beauty Occurring east of the Cascades crest in Washington; northern Washington to Nevada, east to Idaho, western Montana, and Wyoming.
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ssp. glandulosa – gland cinquefoil, sticky cinquefoil
Occurring on both sides of the Cascades crest in Washington; central British Columbia to California, east to Montana. -
ssp. pseudorupestris – cliff drymocallis Occurring chiefly east of the Cascades crest in Washington; southern British Columbia to California, east to Alberta, Idaho, Montana, and Wyoming.
PNW Herbaria: Specimen records of Drymocallis glandulosa in the Consortium of Pacific Northwest Herbaria database
WA Flora Checklist: Drymocallis glandulosa checklist entry
OregonFlora: Drymocallis glandulosa information
E-Flora BC: Drymocallis glandulosa atlas page
CalPhotos: Drymocallis glandulosa photos
