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Potentilla recta, the sulphur cinquefoil [1] or rough-fruited cinquefoil, is a species of cinquefoil. It is native to Eurasia but it is present in North America as an introduced species, ranging through almost the entire continent except the northernmost part of Canada and Alaska. The plant probably originated in the Mediterranean Basin.
Potentilla / ˌ p oʊ t ən ˈ t ɪ l ə / [1] is a genus containing over 500 species of annual, biennial and perennial herbaceous flowering plants in the rose family, Rosaceae.. Potentillas may also be called cinquefoils in English, but they have also been called five fingers and silverweeds.
Potentilla millefolia is a species of cinquefoil known by the common names cutleaf cinquefoil [1] and feather cinquefoil. It is native to Oregon , Nevada and eastern California , where it grows in moist mountain meadows and similar habitat. [ 1 ]
Potentilla breweri is a species of Potentilla known by the common name Brewer's cinquefoil. It is native to western North America, with populations scattered from southern Washington to south-central California and from the Pacific cordillera inland to the mountains of the Great Basin .
Potentilla hickmanii (called Hickman's potentilla or Hickman's cinquefoil) is an endangered perennial herb of the rose family. This rare plant species is found in a narrowly restricted range in two locations in coastal northern California , in Monterey County , and in very small colonies in San Mateo County .
Potentilla reptans grows in neutral soils, where it utilizes both natural and manmade habitats such as grasslands, hedgerows, roadsides and arable land. [7] The species can also grow in grass lawns and flowerbeds as an unwanted weed. [8] The grizzled skipper butterfly (Pyrgus malvae) utilizes Potentilla reptans as a foodplant for its ...
Potentilla diversifolia or Potentilla × diversifolia is a species of flowering plant in the Rose Family known by the common names varileaf cinquefoil, [1] different-leaved cinquefoil, [citation needed] and mountain meadow cinquefoil.
Potentilla simplex, also known as common cinquefoil or old-field five-fingers or oldfield cinquefoil, is a perennial herb in the Rosaceae (rose) family native to eastern North America from Ontario, Quebec, and Labrador south to Texas, Alabama, and panhandle Florida.