Rosaceae
Pretty cinquefoil
Potentilla pulchella
- Family
- Rosaceae
- Genus
- Potentilla
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Potentilla pulchellaRosaceae
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Common names
By language (2)
- English
- Pretty cinquefoil
- Swedish
- Tuvfingerört
Synonyms
- Potentilla keilhavii Sommerf.
- Potentilla nivea var. pulchella (R.Br.) Durand
- Potentilla pulchella f. friesii (Focke) Th.Wolf
- Potentilla pulchella subsp. gracilicaulis (A.E.Porsild) Jurtzev
- Potentilla pulchella unranked elatior Lange
- Potentilla pulchella var. elatior Lange
- Potentilla pulchella var. friesii Buchenau & Focke
- Potentilla pulchella var. gracilicaulis Porsild
- Potentilla pulchella var. humilis Lange
- Potentilla pulchella var. pulchella
- Potentilla usticapensis Fernald
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Alaska: native, Canada: native, Greenland: native
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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.