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Rocky Mountain cinquefoil

Potentilla rubricaulis Lehm.

Family
Rosaceae
Genus
Potentilla

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Rocky Mountain cinquefoil: Potentilla rubricaulis Lehmann, 1830 - Rocky Mountain cinquefoil in Colorado, USA. Plants are multicellular, photosynthesizing eucaryotes. Most species occupy t
Photo: James St. John, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Common names

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English
Rocky Mountain cinquefoil

Synonyms

  • Potentilla concinna var. modesta (Rydb.) S.L.Welsh & B.C.Johnst.
  • Potentilla dissecta var. rubricaulis (Lehm.) Rydb.
  • Potentilla modesta Rydb.
  • Potentilla nivea subsp. rubricaulis (Lehm.) Hiitonen
  • Potentilla paucijuga Rydb.
  • Potentilla pensylvanica var. paucijuga (Rydb.) S.L.Welsh & B.C.Johnst.
  • Potentilla rubricaulis var. arctica Simmons
  • Potentilla rubricaulis var. dasyphylla Ledeb.
  • Potentilla rubricaulis var. paucijuga (Rydb.) Soják
  • Potentilla rubripes var. saximontana (Rydb.) Th.Wolf
  • Potentilla saximontana Rydb.

Characteristics

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

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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0); popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.