Rosaceae
Scarlet cinquefoil
Potentilla thurberi
- Family
- Rosaceae
- Genus
- Potentilla
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Common names
By language (2)
- Chinese
- 花紅委陵菜, 花红委陵菜
- English
- Scarlet cinquefoil
Flowers
- In flower
- July to September (from 89 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Anders Hastings, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Michelle W. （鍾偉瑋）, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Michelle W. （鍾偉瑋）, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Alex Abair, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: ALAN SCHMIERER, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Sinaloa Silvestre, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Niccolò Caranti, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Alejandro Santillana, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: ALAN SCHMIERER, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: weaver, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: ALAN SCHMIERER, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Andrew Tree, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
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Sources: classification 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.