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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.
Bigflower cinquefoil is a perennial plant that often grows in mixed woodland habitats in the lower foothills, with sagebrush, on rocky slopes, and in open meadows at higher elevations. [4] It is found from 1600–3000 meters in altitude. [3] It prefers disturbed and rocky areas with more water, but not waterlogged soils.
Potentilla pusilla, the spring cinquefoil or spotted cinquefoil, is a perennial species of flowering plant in the rose family . [1] It may grow up to the height of 5–15 cm (2-6 in). It was first scientifically described by H.G.L. Reichenbach in 1832. P.F.A. Ascherson later called it P. tabernaemontani, a name which is now invalid.
Sibbaldia cuneata, the cuneate cinquefoil or five finger cinquefoil, is a species of flowering plant in the family Rosaceae, native to Afghanistan, Pakistan, the Himalaya, China, and Taiwan. [ 2 ] [ 1 ] As its synonym Potentilla cuneata it has gained the Royal Horticultural Society 's Award of Garden Merit .
Potentilla hippiana is a species of flowering plant in the rose family known by the common names woolly cinquefoil, horse cinquefoil, and Hipp's cinquefoil. It is native to North America, where it occurs in western Canada and the western United States. It occurs in eastern Canada and the US state of Michigan as an introduced species. [1]
It is known by the common names silverweed, common silverweed or silver cinquefoil. It is native throughout the temperate Northern Hemisphere , often on river shores and in grassy habitats such as meadows and road-sides.
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 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.