Rosaceae
White cinquefoil
Potentilla alba
- Family
- Rosaceae
- Genus
- Potentilla
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Common names
By language (14)
- arz
- بوتينيلا البا
- Azerbaijani
- Ağ qaytarma
- Belarusian
- Дуброўка белая
- Czech
- Mochna bílá
- English
- White cinquefoil
- German
- Weisses Fingerkraut, Weißes Fingerkraut
- hsb
- Běły porstnik
- Polish
- Pięciornik biały
- Russian
- Лапчатка белая
- Slovak
- Nátržník biely
- Slovenian
- Beli petoprstnik
- Swedish
- Vit fingerört
- Turkish
- Beyaz beşparmak otu
- Ukrainian
- Перстач білий
Synonyms
- Dasiphora alba (L.) Raf.
- Fragaria alba (L.) Crantz
- Fragariastrum album (L.) Schur
- Potentilla alba f. obovata (Th.Wolf) Diklić
- Potentilla alba f. parvifolia Waisb.
- Potentilla alba f. platyphylla Th.Wolf
- Potentilla alba f. reducta Vidal
- Potentilla alba f. stenophylla Th.Wolf
- Potentilla alba unranked splendens Poir.
- Potentilla alba var. obovata Th.Wolf
- Potentilla caulescens Moench
- Potentilla cordata Schrank
- Potentilla nitida Scop.
- Trichothalamus albus (L.) Fourr.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
Photo: Stefan.lefnaer, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Enrico Blasutto, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Bea, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Meneerke bloem, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Diego Alex, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Meneerke bloem, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Alpinrat, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Vojtěch Zavadil, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: mauro benedetti, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Meneerke bloem, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: mauro benedetti, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Radio Tonreg from Vienna, Austria, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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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.