Rosaceae
Rocky Mountain cinquefoil
Potentilla rubricaulis
- Family
- Rosaceae
- Genus
- Potentilla
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Common names
By language (1)
- 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
Photos

Photo: James St. John, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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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.