Rosaceae
Creeping cinquefoil
Potentilla reptans
- Family
- Rosaceae
- Genus
- Potentilla
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Common names
By language (40)
- Arabic
- بنطافلن, بنظافلون, ذو الخمسة اوراق
- arz
- بنطافلن
- Azerbaijani
- Sürünən qaytarma
- Basque
- Zaingorri bostorri
- Belarusian
- Дуброўка паўзучая
- Bulgarian
- Пълзящ очиболец
- Catalan
- Cinc-en-rama, Potentille rampante
- Chinese
- 五叶草莓, 五葉草莓, 匍匐委陵菜, 金棒锤, 金金棒
- Croatian
- Puzajući petoprst
- Czech
- Mochna plazivá
- Danish
- Krybende Potentil
- Dutch
- Vijfvingerkruid, Klein Vijfvingerkruid
- English
- Creeping cinquefoil, Cinquefoil
- Esperanto
- Rampa potentilo
- Estonian
- Roomav maran
- Finnish
- Suikerohanhikki
- French
- Potentille rampante, Herbe à cinq feuilles, Main-de-Mars
- German
- Kriechendes Fingerkraut, Fünffingerkraut, Potentille rampante
- Hebrew
- חמשן זוחל
- hsb
- Łažawy porstnik, Pumpotawa
- Hungarian
- Indás pimpó, Kúszó pimpó
- Irish
- Cúig mhéar Mhuire
- Italian
- Cinquefoglia comune
- Korean
- 가락지나물
- kw
- Pympdelen
- Lithuanian
- Penkiapirštė sidabražolė, Potentille rampante
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Krypmure
- pdc
- Fimffingergraut
- Persian
- پتنتیلا رپتنس
- Polish
- Pięciornik rozłogowy
- Portuguese
- Cinco-em-rama
- Romanian
- Cinci degete, Cinci-degete
- Russian
- Лапчатка ползучая, Лапчатка стелющаяся
- se
- Fiskesjuopmu
- Slovak
- Nátržník plazivý
- Slovenian
- Plazeči petoprstnik
- Spanish
- Cincoenrama, Cinquefolio, Pie de Cristo, Potentila rastrera, Quinquefolio
- Swedish
- Revfingerört, Drabind, Drabinda, Drabing, Potentille rampante, Rev-fingerört
- Tajik
- Борзад
- Welsh
- Pumnalen ymlusgol, Pumbys, Pumnalen
Synonyms
- Dasiphora reptans (L.) Raf.
- Dynamidium reptans (L.) Fourr.
- Fragaria reptans (L.) Crantz
- Tormentilla linnaeana Kechaykin & Shmakov
Flowers
- In flower
- May to July (from 1,236 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: introduced, Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Jamie O'Neill, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Kieran Roy Powell, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Tom Norton, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Ian Rainbow, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Krzysztof Golik, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Татьяна Максимова, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: AnRo0002, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Eleftherios Katsillis, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: AnRo0002, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: AnRo0002, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Максим Шумских, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: AnRo0002, CC0, 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.