Rosaceae
Woolly cinquefoil
Potentilla hippiana
- Family
- Rosaceae
- Genus
- Potentilla
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Common names
By language (2)
- Chinese
- 希皮委陵菜
- English
- Woolly cinquefoil
Synonyms
- Pentaphyllum argyreum (Rydb.) Lunell
- Pentaphyllum hippianum (Lehm.) Lunell
- Potentilla argyrea Rydb.
- Potentilla dealbata Douglas ex Hook.
- Potentilla diffusa A.Gray
- Potentilla effusa var. argyrea (Rydb.) Soják
- Potentilla hippiana var. argyrea (Rydb.) B.Boivin
- Potentilla hippiana var. diffusa Lehm.
- Potentilla hippiana var. hippiana
- Potentilla hippiana var. propinqua Rydb.
- Potentilla leneophylla Torr. & E.James ex Eaton
- Potentilla leucophylla Torr.
- Potentilla pensylvanica var. hippiana (Lehm.) Torr. & A.Gray
- Potentilla propinqua (Rydb.) Rydb.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Alaska: native, Canada: native, Lower 48 states: native
Photos
Photo: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Matt Lavin, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Matt Lavin, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Matt Lavin, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Matt Lavin, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Matt Lavin, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Matt Lavin, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Matt Lavin, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Matt Lavin, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Matt Lavin, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Matt Lavin, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Matt Lavin, CC BY-SA 2.0, 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.