Rosaceae

Pennsylvania cinquefoil

Potentilla pensylvanica L.

Family: Rosaceae
Genus: Potentilla

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Common names

By language (3)

English: Pennsylvania cinquefoil, Prairie cinquefoil
nv: Azeeʼ ntłʼinítsoh
Persian: پنجهبرگ پنسیلوانیایی

Synonyms

Pentaphyllum pennsylvanicum (L.) Lunell
Pentaphyllum platylobum (Rydb.) Lunell
Pentaphyllum strigosum (Pall. ex Pursh) Lunell
Potentilla absinthifolia Douglas ex Lehm.
Potentilla absinthiifolia Douglas ex Hook.
Potentilla absinthiifolia Douglas ex Lehm.
Potentilla agrimonioides subsp. oreodoxa (Soják) Soják
Potentilla arachnoidea Douglas ex Lehm.
Potentilla atrovirens Rydb.
Potentilla biebersteiniana Tratt.
Potentilla candicans Fisch. ex Lehm.
Potentilla hispanica subsp. oreodoxa (Soják) Soják
Potentilla hispanica var. nivea Andr.
Potentilla hispida Willd.
Potentilla nudicaulis Kurbatski
Potentilla oreodoxa Soják
Potentilla pectinata Fisch. ex Ser.
Potentilla pectinata Fisch. ex Lehm.
Potentilla pensylvanica f. alpestris Krylov
Potentilla pensylvanica f. sanguisorbifolia (Favre ex Zimmeter) Beck
Potentilla pensylvanica f. stepposa Krylov
Potentilla pensylvanica prol. hispida (Willd.) Th.Wolf
Potentilla pensylvanica prol. sanguisorbifolia (Favre ex Zimmeter) Rouy & E.G.Camus
Potentilla pensylvanica subsp. hispida (Willd.) Tratt.
Potentilla pensylvanica subsp. oreodoxa (Soják) O.Bolòs & Vigo
Potentilla pensylvanica subsp. sibirica (Patrin ex Th.Wolf) Maire
Potentilla pensylvanica var. arabica Deflers
Potentilla pensylvanica var. arachnoidea Douglas ex Lehm.
Potentilla pensylvanica var. arguta Torr.
Potentilla pensylvanica var. atrovirens (Rydb.) Th.Wolf
Potentilla pensylvanica var. brevipila Soják
Potentilla pensylvanica var. communis Torr. & A.Gray
Potentilla pensylvanica var. conferta A.Gray
Potentilla pensylvanica var. eupennsylvanica Th.Wolf
Potentilla pensylvanica var. grandiflora Lehm.
Potentilla pensylvanica var. missurica (Schrad.) Lehm.
Potentilla pensylvanica var. ontopoda (Douglas ex W.Baxter) Regel
Potentilla pensylvanica var. pectinata (Fisch. ex Ser.) Krylov
Potentilla pensylvanica var. pensylvanica
Potentilla pensylvanica var. pinnatifida Torr. & A.Gray

and 22 more.

Characteristics

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

Photos

Photo: Jim Morefield from Nevada, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Ayotte, Gilles, 1948-, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Ayotte, Gilles, 1948-, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Ayotte, Gilles, 1948-, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Ayotte, Gilles, 1948-, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Ayotte, Gilles, 1948-, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Ayotte, Gilles, 1948-, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Ayotte, Gilles, 1948-, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Ayotte, Gilles, 1948-, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Ayotte, Gilles, 1948-, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Ayotte, Gilles, 1948-, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Ayotte, Gilles, 1948-, 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.