Potentilla
cinquefoil, five-finger
Specimens
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Origin: Native
Conservation Status: Not of concern
Description:
[none provided]
Accepted Name:
Potentilla
Synonyms & Misapplications:
Argentina
Species in Potentilla:
- Potentilla anglica – English cinquefoil, wood cinquefoil
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Potentilla anserina – silverweed cinquefoil, common silverweed
Widely distributed on both sides of the Cascades crest in Washington; Alaska to California, east to the Rocky Mountains, Great Plains, Great Lakes region, and northeastern North America. -
ssp. anserina – silvery cinquefoil, common silverweed Occurring on both sides of the Cascades crest in Washington; Alaska to Mexico, east to the Rocky Mountains, and east across the northern U.S. and Canada to the Atlantic Coast;
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ssp. pacifica – Pacific silverweed Occurring west of the Cascades crest along the coast in Washington; coastal, Alaska to Mexico, east across North America to the Atlantic Coast.
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Potentilla argentea – hoary cinquefoil, silver cinquefoil Occurring east of the Cascades crest in Washington; British Columbia to Oregon, east across the northern U.S. and Canada to the Atlantic Coast.
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Potentilla biennis – biennial cinquefoil Occurring chiefly east of the Cascades crest in Washington; Alaska to California, east to the Rocky Mountains and northern Great Plains.
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Potentilla breweri – Brewer's cinquefoil Occurring east of the Cascades crest from central Washington south; central Washington to California, east to Nevada.
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Potentilla douglasii Occurring east of the Cascades crest in Washington; Washington to California, east to Idaho, Nevada, and Wyoming.
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var. capitata – horkelia Occurring east of the Cascades crest in southeastern Washington; southeastern Washington to adjacent northeastern Oregon and northern Idaho.
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var. douglasii – Douglas's cinquefoil Occurring chiefly east of the Cascades crest in Washington; central and southeastern Washington to central and northeastern Oregon.
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Potentilla drummondii – Drummond's cinquefoil Occurring on both sides of the Cascades crest in Washington; Alaska to California, east to Alberta, Idaho, and Montana.
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Potentilla flabellifolia – fan-leaf cinquefoil, fringe-leaf cinquefoil, fan-foil Occurring on both sides of the Cascades crest in Washington; British Columbia to California and Nevada, east to Alberta, Montana and Wyoming.
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Potentilla glaucophylla – blueleaf cinquefoil, different-leaved cinquefoil, diverse-leaved cinquefoil, vari-leaved cinquefoil Occurring on both sides of the Cascades crest and in the Olympic Mountains in Washington; Alaska to California, east to the Rocky Mountains.
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Potentilla gordonii – Gordon's ivesia, alpine mousetail Occurring chiefly east of the Cascades crest from central Washington south; central Washington to California, east to Montana, Wyoming, and Colorado.
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var. gordonii Occurring east of the Cascades crest from central Washington south; Occurring east of the Cascades crest from central Washington south; central Washington to California, east to Montana, Wyoming, and Colorado.
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Potentilla gracilis – slender cinquefoil Widely distributed on both sides of the Cascades crest in Washington; Alaska to California, east to the Rocky Mountains, northern Great Plains, Great Lakes region, and eastern Canada.
- var. brunnescens – glandular cinquefoil Occurring east of the Cascades crest in southeastern Washington; southeastern Washington to northeastern Oregon, east to Montana and Colorado, possibly introduced in Alaska.
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var. flabelliformis – comb-leaf cinquefoil, Elmer's cinquefoil, Idaho cinquefoil Occurring east of the Cascades crest in Washington;
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var. gracilis – Hall's cinquefoil, slender cinquefoil, wooly cinquefoil Occurring east of the Cascades crest in Washington; Alaska to Califronia, east to the Rocky Mountains and Great Lakes region.
- var. pulcherrima – beautiful cinquefoil Occurring on both sides of the Cascades crest in Washington; Alaska to California, east to the Rocky Mountains and Great Lakes region.
- Potentilla hookeriana – Hooker's cinquefoil British Columbia to Nevada, east to Alberta, Montana, Wyoming, and Colorado.
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Potentilla hyparctica – subarctic cinquefoil Known only from west of the Cascades crest in Whatcom County in Washington; Alaska to Washington, also south to south-central Montana and Wyoming; circumboreal.
- ssp. elatior – subarctic cinquefoil Known only from west of the Cascades crest in Whatcom County in Washington; Alaska to Washington, also south to south-central Montana and Wyoming; circumboreal.
- Potentilla inclinata – grey cinquefoil
- Potentilla jepsonii – Jepson's cinquefoil
- var. kluanensis – Kluane cinquefoil
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Potentilla newberryi – Newberry's cinquefoil Known historically (1898) from the Columbia River Gorge in Washington, now likely extirpated; central Oregon to California, east to northwestern Nevada.
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Potentilla nivea – snow cinquefoil Occurring on both sides of the Cascades crest in northern Washington; Alaska to Washington, east to the southern Rocky Mountains to Colorado, further east to eastern North America.
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Potentilla norvegica – Norwegian cinquefoil, rough cinquefoil Occurring on both sides of the Cascades crest in Washington; Alaska to California, east across North America to the Atlantic Coast.
- Potentilla pensylvanica – Pennsylvania cinquefoil Occurring east of the Cascades crest in Washington; Alaska to California, east to the Great Plains, and further east across the northern U.S. and Canada to the Atlantic Coast; also in Eurasia.
- var. ovium – Jepson's cinquefoil Occurring east of the Cascades crest in Washington; Alaska to California, east to the Rocky Mountains.
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Potentilla recta – sulphur cinquefoil Widely distributed on both sides of the Cascades crest in Washington; Alaska to California, but not in Yukon Territory, east across North America to the Atlantic Coast.
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Potentilla rivalis – brook cinquefoil, river cinquefoil Occurring east of the Cascades crest in Washington; British Columbia to California, east to central North America, and further east to the northeastern U.S.
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Potentilla rubricaulis – red-stemmed cinquefoil, snow cinquefoil Occurring east of the Cascades crest along the border in north-central Washington; Alaska south to Washington, east to Manitoba.
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Potentilla supina – bushy cinquefoil Occurring east of the Cascades crest in Washington; British Columbia to California, east to the Rocky Mountains, Great Plains, and east across Canada and the midwestern U.S. to northeastern North America.
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ssp. paradoxa – bushy cinquefoil Occurring east of the Cascades crest in Washington; British Columbia to California, east to the Rocky Mountains, Great Plains, and east across Canada and the midwestern U.S. to northeastern North America.
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Potentilla tweedyi – Tweedy's mousetail Occurring east of the Cascades crest in Washington; Washington to Idaho and Montana.
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Potentilla villosa – northern cinquefoil, villous cinquefoil Occurring in the North Cascades, Olympic Mountains, and at Mt. Rainier in Washington; Alaska to Oregon.
Additional Resources:
PNW Herbaria: Specimen records of Potentilla in the Consortium of Pacific Northwest Herbaria database
WA Flora Checklist: Potentilla checklist entry
OregonFlora: Potentilla information
E-Flora BC: Potentilla atlas page
CalPhotos: Potentilla photos
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