Rosaceae
Sulphur cinquefoil
Potentilla recta
- Family
- Rosaceae
- Genus
- Potentilla
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Common names
By language (21)
- Belarusian
- Дуброўка прамая, Дуброўка
- Catalan
- Potentille droite
- Chinese
- 直立委陵菜
- Czech
- Mochna přímá
- Danish
- Rank Potentil
- Dutch
- Rechte ganzerik, Zwavelvijfblad
- English
- Sulphur cinquefoil, Rough-fruited cinquefoil
- Estonian
- Püstmaran
- Finnish
- Pystyhanhikki
- French
- Potentille droite
- German
- Hohes Fingerkraut, Aufrechtes Fingerkraut, Potentille droite
- hsb
- Wysoki porstnik
- Lithuanian
- Potentille droite
- Persian
- پنجه برگ راست
- Polish
- Pięciornik wyprostowany
- Russian
- Лапчатка прямая
- Serbian
- Петопрста
- Slovak
- Nátržník rovný
- Slovenian
- Pokončni petoprstnik
- Swedish
- Styv fingerört, Potentille droite
- Welsh
- Pumnalen dalsyth
Synonyms
- Fragaria recta (L.) Crantz
- Hypargyrium rectum (L.) Fourr.
- Pentaphyllum rectum (L.) Nieuwl.
- Potentilla cardiopetala Besser ex DC.
- Potentilla hirta prol. recta (L.) Rouy & E.G.Camus
- Potentilla hirta subsp. recta (L.) Briq.
- Potentilla hirta var. recta (L.) Ser.
- Potentilla leucotricha Borbás
- Potentilla recta subsp. tuberosa (J.Wolff ex Borbás) Soó
- Potentilla recta var. obscura (Willd.) W.D.J.Koch
- Potentilla recta var. pilosa (Willd.) Ledeb.
- Potentilla recta var. sulphurea (Lam.) Lapeyr.
- Potentilla transcaspia (Th.Wolf) Lipsky
- Tormentilla recta (L.) Wahlenb.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: introduced, Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
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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.