Rosaceae
Brook cinquefoil
Potentilla rivalis
- Family
- Rosaceae
- Genus
- Potentilla
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Common names
By language (2)
- English
- Brook cinquefoil
- Welsh
- Pumnalen y nant
Synonyms
- Potentilla lateriflora Engl. ex Rydb.
- Potentilla leucocarpa Rydb.
- Potentilla millegrana Engelm. ex Lehm.
- Potentilla millegrana unranked lateriflora Engl.
- Potentilla pentandra Engelm.
- Potentilla rivalis var. millegrana (Engelm. ex Lehm.) S.Watson
- Potentilla rivalis var. pentandra (Engelm.) S.Watson
- Potentilla rivalis var. rivalis
- Tridophyllum lateriflorum (Engl. ex Rydb.) Cockerell
- Tridophyllum leucocarpum (Rydb.) Cockerell
- Tridophyllum pentandrum (Engelm.) Greene
- Tridophyllum rivale (Nutt.) Greene
Flowers
- In flower
- May to August (from 12 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Annual, Biennial
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: native, Lower 48 states: native
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Eric Lamb, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Patrick Sowers, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: WayneRay, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Tim Messick, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Jim Morefield from Nevada, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Tim Messick, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Jim Morefield from Nevada, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Bob, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Jim Morefield from Nevada, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Tim Messick, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Abraham Sánchez Romero, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Alexis López Hernández, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
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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.