Rosaceae
English cinquefoil
Potentilla anglica
- Family
- Rosaceae
- Genus
- Potentilla
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Common names
By language (16)
- Arabic
- عشبة القوى الإنجليزية
- arz
- عشبة القوى الانجليزيه
- Belarusian
- Дуброўка сцелючаяся
- Catalan
- Potentille anglaise
- Czech
- Mochna anglická
- Dutch
- Kruipganzerik
- English
- English cinquefoil, Trailing tormentil
- Estonian
- Laskuv maran
- Finnish
- Lännenhanhikki
- French
- Potentille anglaise
- German
- Niederliegendes Fingerkraut, Englisches Fingerkraut, Gestrecktes Fingerkraut, Potentille anglaise
- hsb
- Stawacy porstnik
- Lithuanian
- Potentille anglaise
- Polish
- Pięciornik rozścielony
- Swedish
- Revig blodrot, Potentille anglaise
- Welsh
- Pumnalen orweddol
Synonyms
- Dynamidium procumbens (Sibth. ex Syme) Fourr.
- Potentilla anglica subsp. nesogenes (Briq.) Gamisans
- Potentilla anglica subsp. nesogenes (Briq.) Gamisans ex Kerguélen
- Potentilla anglica var. humilis (Lehm.) Gamisans
- Potentilla galiciana Schult.
- Potentilla nemoralis Nestl.
- Potentilla procumbens prol. salisii (Boreau) Rouy & E.G.Camus
- Potentilla procumbens subsp. nesogenes Briq.
- Potentilla procumbens unranked nemoralis Gren.
- Potentilla procumbens var. humilis (Bertol.) Lehm.
- Potentilla procumbens var. salisii (Boreau) P.Fourn.
- Potentilla procumbens var. salisii (Boreau) Briq.
- Potentilla salisii Boreau
- Potentilla sylvestris P.Renault
- Potentilla tormentilla subsp. procumbens Sibth. ex Syme
- Potentilla tormentilla var. procumbens Sibth. ex Wender.
- Tormentilla erecta var. procumbens Wahlenb.
- Tormentilla reptans unranked humilis Bertol.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: introduced, Lower 48 states: introduced, St. Pierre and Miquelon: introduced
Photos
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Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Aimeric maire, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Jeroen van Zuidam, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
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Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: matthew.nixon.mn, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF
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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.