Rosaceae

Slender cinquefoil

Potentilla gracilis Douglas ex Hook.

Family: Rosaceae
Genus: Potentilla

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Slender cinquefoil (Potentilla gracilis) — FlowerPhoto: Étienne Léveillé-Bourret, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist

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Common names

By language (3)

English: Slender cinquefoil
French: Potentille grêle
nv: Azeeʼ hókánii

Synonyms

Potentilla gracilis subsp. gracilis

Flowers

In flower: June to July (from 950 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Flower colour: yellow (USDA PLANTS Database)

Characteristics

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

Photos

FlowerPhoto: Étienne Léveillé-Bourret, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: Alex Abair, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: Steve Matson, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: Alex Wilson, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
LeavesPhoto: Spencer Quayle, CC0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Matt Berger, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Don Boucher, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Dcrjsr, CC BY 3.0, 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.