Rosaceae

Erect cinquefoil

Potentilla erecta (L.) Raeusch.

Family: Rosaceae
Genus: Potentilla

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Erect cinquefoil (Potentilla erecta) — FlowerPhoto: Charlie Farrell, CC0, from iNaturalist

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Common names

By language (37)

Arabic: عرق إنجبار
Azerbaijani: Düzqalxan qaytarma
ba: Ҡалған үләне
Belarusian: Вузік, Дзеравянка, Дуброўка, Дуброўка прамастаячая, Калган, Кустарнае дзерава, Перавяжыха, Сурмаліна
Bulgarian: Бутурак, Горско прозорче, Планински очиболец
Catalan: Tormentil·la, Tormentille
Czech: Mochna nátržník
Danish: Tormentil, Blodrod
Dutch: Tormentil
English: Erect cinquefoil, Tormentil
Estonian: Tedremaran
Finnish: Rätvänä
French: Tormentille
German: Blutwurz, Gemeiner Tormentill, Dilledapp, Natternwurz, Natterwurz, Rotwurz, Ruhrwurz, Siebenfinger
hsb: Lěsny porstnik, Zawjaznik
Hungarian: Vérontó pimpó, Vérhasgyökér, Vérontófű
Icelandic: Engjamura
io: Tormentilo
Irish: Néalfartach
Italian: Cinquefoglia tormentilla
Kazakh: Түзу қазтабан
li: Krampkroed, Tormentil
Lithuanian: Miškinė sidabražolė, Tormentille
Norwegian Bokmål: Tepperot
Norwegian Nynorsk: Tepperot
Polish: Pięciornik kurze ziele, Pięciornik kurze-ziele
Russian: Лапчатка прямостоячая, Калган, Калган-трава, Лапчатка прямостоящая, Лапчатка четырёхлепестная
Serbian: Srčenjak, Срчењак
Serbian (Latin): Srčenjak
Slovak: Nátržník vzpriamený
Slovenian: Srčna moč
sms: Nelljlõsttsuõrmmrääʹss
Spanish: Tormentila, Consuelda roja, Tomentilla
Swedish: Blodrot, Tormentilla, Tormentille
Ukrainian: Перстач прямостоячий, Калган
vep: Kohtaiduzjur'
Welsh: Tresgl y moch

Synonyms

Fragaria tormentilla Crantz
Potentilla dacica Borbás ex Zimmeter
Potentilla divergens Nyman
Potentilla divergens (Rchb.) Poeverl.
Potentilla erecta f. herminii (Ficalho) Samp.
Potentilla erecta f. hirsuta Cout.
Potentilla erecta f. minor Zimmeter
Potentilla erecta f. monacensis (Woerl. ex Zimmeter) Zimmeter
Potentilla erecta f. pusilla Favrat
Potentilla erecta f. sciaphila (Zimmeter) Beck
Potentilla erecta f. sericea Cout.
Potentilla erecta f. stenopetala Murb.
Potentilla erecta f. subpinnatifida Cout.
Potentilla erecta subsp. erecta
Potentilla erecta subsp. strictissima (Zimmeter) A.J.Richards
Potentilla erecta unranked dacica (Borbás ex Zimmeter) Hayek
Potentilla erecta unranked nemoralis Hampe
Potentilla erecta unranked strictissima (Zimmeter) Hayek
Potentilla erecta var. curiensis (Brügger) Zimmeter
Potentilla erecta var. dacica (Borbás ex Zimmeter) Guşul.
Potentilla erecta var. herminii (Ficalho) Cout.
Potentilla erecta var. herminii (Ficalho) Briq.
Potentilla erecta var. latiloba (Ser.) Kotov
Potentilla erecta var. macrophylla Paiche ex Siegfr.
Potentilla erecta var. maurorum Maire
Potentilla erecta var. micrantha Vocke ex Zimmeter
Potentilla erecta var. procumbens Sibth. ex Fiori
Potentilla erecta var. sciaphila (Zimmeter) Guşul.
Potentilla erecta var. strictissima (Zimmeter) Beck
Potentilla erecta var. strictissima (Zimmeter) Druce
Potentilla erecta var. typica (Beck) Briq.
Potentilla erecta var. vulgaris Cout.
Potentilla favratii Zimmeter ex Favrat
Potentilla laeta Salisb.
Potentilla monacensis Woerl.
Potentilla monacensis Woerl. ex Zimmeter
Potentilla officinalis Gray
Potentilla pubescens (Holler ex Woerl.) Poeverl.
Potentilla reducta Rouy & E.G.Camus
Potentilla reducta (Rouy & E.G.Camus) A.W.Hill

and 106 more.

Flowers

In flower: May to September (from 2,111 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)

Characteristics

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

Photos

FlowerPhoto: Charlie Farrell, CC0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: Dag Endresen, CC0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: sofia ballaz, CC0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: James Heal, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: User:Tigerente, CC BY 2.5, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: zebedeugalinha, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: H. Zell, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Maxim Shashkov, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: H. Zell, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Vicente Lopes, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Philipp Weigell, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Igor Balashov, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist

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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.