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Rosaceae

Elegant cinquefoil

Potentilla concinna Richardson

Family
Rosaceae
Genus
Potentilla

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Elegant cinquefoil: Potentilla concinna var. concinna alongside the North Loop trail about 1 km north of Charleston Peak, Spring Mountains, southern Nevada
Photo: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Common names

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English
Elegant cinquefoil

Synonyms

  • Pentaphyllum concinnum (Richardson) Nieuwl. & Lunell

Characteristics

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

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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.