Rosaceae
Bearded cinquefoil
Potentilla crinita
- Family
- Rosaceae
- Genus
- Potentilla
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Common names
By language (1)
- English
- Bearded cinquefoil
Synonyms
- Ivesia lemmonii S.Watson
- Potentilla crinita var. crinita
- Potentilla crinita var. lemmonii (S.Watson) Kearney & Peebles
- Potentilla lemmonii (S.Watson) Greene
- Potentilla vallicola Greene
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native
Photos
Photo: Patrick Alexander from Las Cruces, NM, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Patrick Alexander from Las Cruces, NM, CC0, 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.