Rosaceae
Downy cinquefoil
Potentilla intermedia
- Family
- Rosaceae
- Genus
- Potentilla
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Common names
By language (7)
- Czech
- Mochna prostřední
- Dutch
- Middelste ganzerik
- English
- Downy cinquefoil
- Estonian
- Karvane maran
- French
- Potentille intermédiaire
- German
- Mittleres Fingerkraut
- Swedish
- Ryssfingerört
Synonyms
- Potentilla diffusa Rchb.
- Potentilla digitatoflabellata A.Braun & C.D.Bouché
- Potentilla heidenreichii Zimmeter
- Potentilla intermedia f. autumnalis Petunn.
- Potentilla intermedia subsp. heidenreichii (Zimmeter) Tzvelev
- Potentilla intermedia unranked campestris Fr.
- Potentilla intermedia var. canescens (Besser) Rupr.
- Potentilla intermedia var. composita Rupr.
- Potentilla intermedia var. heidenreichii (Zimmeter) Focke
- Potentilla intermedia var. tambowensis Th.Wolf
- Potentilla intermedia var. typica Rupr.
- Potentilla norvegica var. varians Th.Wolf
- Potentilla ruthenica Steud.
- Potentilla varians Moench
- Potentilla visurgina Weihe ex Rchb.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb, Subshrub
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: introduced, Lower 48 states: introduced, St. Pierre and Miquelon: introduced
Photos
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Photo: Wikimedia Commons contributor, CC BY 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.