Rosaceae

Partridgefoot

Luetkea pectinata (Pursh) Kuntze

Family: Rosaceae
Genus: Luetkea

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Partridgefoot (Luetkea pectinata) — FlowerPhoto: Brian Finzel, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist

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Common names

By language (7)

Chinese: 串绒花, 鸡爪梅
Czech: Litkovka hřebenitá, Litkovka
English: Partridgefoot
German: Westamerikanische Lütkea
Portuguese: Luetkea
Russian: Luetkea
Spanish: Luetkea, Eriogynia

Synonyms

Eriogynia pectinata (Pursh) Hook.
Luetkea sibbaldioides Bong.
Saxifraga pectinata Pursh
Spiraea multifida Ledeb.
Spiraea pectinata Torr. & A.Gray

Flowers

In flower: July to August (from 1,012 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)

Characteristics

Growth habit: Subshrub
Lifespan: Perennial
In the US and Canada: Alaska: native, Canada: native, Lower 48 states: native

Photos

FlowerPhoto: Brian Finzel, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: John Brew, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: Randal, CC0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: James Fowler, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Walter Siegmund, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Lawrence Chu, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF
Photo: Andy Kleinhesselink, CC0, from iNaturalist
Photo: JF Rosston, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF
Photo: Joshua Friesen, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF
Photo: J Straka, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: David Dodge, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF
Photo: Daniel Atha, CC0, from iNaturalist

Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.