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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 reptans, known as the creeping cinquefoil, [1] European cinquefoil or creeping tormentil, is a flowering plant in the family Rosaceae. A creeping perennial plant native to Eurasia and Northern Africa, Potentilla reptans has been naturalized elsewhere. [2] Its trailing stems root at the nodes, and leaves are on long stalks. The plant ...
Potentilla simplex is a familiar plant with prostrate stems that root at nodes, with yellow flowers and 5-parted palmately pinnate leaves arising from stolons (runners) on separate stalks. Complete flowers bearing 5 yellow petals (about 4–10 mm long) bloom from March to June. It bears seed from April to July.
Potentilla norvegica is a species of cinquefoil known by the common names rough cinquefoil, [1] ternate-leaved cinquefoil, [2] and Norwegian cinquefoil. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] It is native to Europe, Asia, and parts of North America, and it can be found elsewhere as an introduced species .
Potentilla erecta is a low, clump-forming plant with slender, procumbent to arcuately upright stalks, growing 10–30 centimetres (3.9–11.8 in) tall and with non-rooting runners. It grows wild predominantly in Europe and western Asia [1] , mostly on acid soils and in a wide variety of habitats such as mountains, heaths, meadows, sandy soils ...
Drymocallis arguta, commonly known as the tall cinquefoil, [1] prairie cinquefoil, [2] or sticky cinquefoil, [3] is a perennial herbaceous plant native to North America. It was formerly included with the typical cinquefoils in the genus Potentilla .
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.
Drymocallis fissa, the bigflower cinquefoil, also known as the leafy cinquefoil, leafy drymocallis, or wood beauty, is a small plant also sometimes classified as Potentilla fissa. It is a herbaceous plant with a thick taproot known for its moderately hairy leaves, redish leaf stems, and relatively large yellow flowers.