Rosaceae

Ashy cinquefoil

Potentilla inclinata Vill.

Family: Rosaceae
Genus: Potentilla

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Common names

By language (16)

arz: امالة القوه
Belarusian: Дуброўка сіваватая
Chinese: 薄毛委陵菜
Czech: Mochna šedavá
English: Ashy cinquefoil
Estonian: Hallikas maran
Finnish: Harmaahanhikki, Tanakkahopeahanhikki
German: Graues Fingerkraut
hsb: Šěry porstnik
Persian: پنجهبرگ خاکستری
Polish: Pięciornik siwy
Russian: Лапчатка неблестящая
Slovenian: Viseči petoprstnik
Swedish: Rysk fingerört
Ukrainian: Перстач сивуватий
Welsh: Pumnalen lwyd

Synonyms

Hypargyrium subrectum (Jord.) Fourr.
Potentilla adscendens Baumg.
Potentilla adscendens f. fallax (R.Uechtr.) Prodan
Potentilla adscendens f. minoriflora (Sabr.) Soó
Potentilla adscendens f. robusta Borhidi & Isépy
Potentilla adscendens subsp. fissidens (Borbás) Jáv.
Potentilla adscendens subsp. polyodonta (Borbás) Jáv.
Potentilla adscendens var. baumgarteniana (Schur) Soó
Potentilla adscendens var. laciniosa (Mert. & W.D.J.Koch) Soó
Potentilla adscendens var. polytricha (Borbás) Soó
Potentilla adscendens var. sadleri (Rchb.) Borbás
Potentilla adscendens var. subbiserrata Schur
Potentilla argentea subsp. impolita (Wahlenb.) Arcang.
Potentilla argentea subsp. inclinata (Vill.) Berher
Potentilla argentea var. canescens (Besser) Fiori
Potentilla argentea var. impolita (Wahlenb.) Nestl.
Potentilla argentea var. inclinata (Vill.) Döll
Potentilla arthuriana Her.Hofmann
Potentilla ascendens Waldst. & Kit. ex Willd.
Potentilla assurgens Vill.
Potentilla assurgens subsp. inclinata (Vill.) O.Schwarz
Potentilla baumgarteniana Schur
Potentilla bohemica Błocki ex Woł.
Potentilla bohemica Błocki ex Zimmeter
Potentilla canescens Besser
Potentilla canescens f. degenerata Th.Wolf
Potentilla canescens f. gracilis Guşul.
Potentilla canescens f. ingurensis R.Keller & Siegfr.
Potentilla canescens f. lanuginosa Th.Wolf
Potentilla canescens f. lanuginosa Th.Wolf
Potentilla canescens f. lanuginosa Th.Wolf
Potentilla canescens f. oligodonta Th.Wolf
Potentilla canescens f. pectinata Th.Wolf
Potentilla canescens f. pectinata (Th.Wolf) Th.Wolf
Potentilla canescens f. polyodonta (Borbás) Th.Wolf
Potentilla canescens f. richteri Borbás
Potentilla canescens f. virescens R.Keller & Siegfr.
Potentilla canescens f. viridis R.Keller & Siegfr.
Potentilla canescens prol. fallax (R.Uechtr.) Th.Wolf
Potentilla canescens prol. laciniosa (Mert. & W.D.J.Koch) Th.Wolf

and 97 more.

Characteristics

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

Photos

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Photo: Stefan.lefnaer, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Stefan.lefnaer, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Stefan.lefnaer, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Stefan.lefnaer, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Stefan.lefnaer, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Stefan.lefnaer, CC BY-SA 4.0, 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.