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Rosaceae

Drummond's cinquefoil

Potentilla drummondii Lehm.

Family
Rosaceae
Genus
Potentilla

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Drummond's cinquefoil: Photo taken at Gothenburg botanical garden. Specimen id: 2008-590 s W Seed collected in 2008 from the wild (Töpel MT 236).
Photo: Averater, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Common names

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English
Drummond's cinquefoil

Synonyms

  • Potentilla anomalifolia M.Peck
  • Potentilla cascadensis Rydb.
  • Potentilla dissecta var. drummondii (Lehm.) Kurtz
  • Potentilla drummondii subsp. drummondii
  • Potentilla drummondii subsp. typica D.D.Keck
  • Potentilla drummondii var. cascadensis (Rydb.) Th.Wolf
  • Potentilla drummondii var. drummondii
  • Potentilla drummondii var. genuina Th.Wolf

Characteristics

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

Photos

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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.