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Rosaceae

European cinquefoil

Potentilla thuringiaca Bernh. ex Link

Family
Rosaceae
Genus
Potentilla

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Common names

By language (11)
arz
بوتنتيلا تورينجياكا
Belarusian
Дуброўка Гольдбаха
Czech
Mochna durynská
English
European cinquefoil
Finnish
Saksanhanhikki
German
Thüringisches Fingerkraut, Armblütiges Fingerkraut, Thüringer Fingerkraut
hsb
Durinski porstnik
Russian
Лапчатка тюрингийская
Swedish
Tysk fingerört
Turkish
Koç parmakotu
Ukrainian
Перстач Гольдбаха

Synonyms

  • Potentilla assurgens subsp. bouquoyana (Knaf) O.Schwarz
  • Potentilla assurgens subsp. parviflora (Gaudin) O.Schwarz
  • Potentilla assurgens subsp. thuringiaca (Bernh.) O.Schwarz
  • Potentilla assurgens subsp. thuringiaca (Bernh. ex Link) O.Schwarz
  • Potentilla bouquojana Nyman
  • Potentilla buquoyana Knaf
  • Potentilla caucasica Juz.
  • Potentilla chrysantha Rchb.
  • Potentilla chrysantha prol. goldbachii (Rupr.) Th.Wolf
  • Potentilla chrysantha subsp. nestleriana (Tratt.) P.Fourn.
  • Potentilla chrysantha subsp. thuringiaca (Bernh. ex Link) Asch. & Graebn.
  • Potentilla chrysantha subsp. thuringiaca (Bernh. ex Link) Simonk.
  • Potentilla chrysantha var. buquoyana (Knaf) Th.Wolf
  • Potentilla chrysantha var. parviflora (Gaudin) Th.Wolf
  • Potentilla chrysantha var. thuringiaca (Bernh. ex Link) Grecescu
  • Potentilla elongata Goldb. ex Ser.
  • Potentilla elongata Goldb.
  • Potentilla elongata var. goldbachii Rupr.
  • Potentilla goldbachii (Rupr.) Rupr.
  • Potentilla goldbachii unranked elongata Rupr.
  • Potentilla goldbachii unranked humilior Rupr.
  • Potentilla goldbachii unranked tomentosa Rupr.
  • Potentilla helvetica Jord. ex Verl.
  • Potentilla heptaphylla H.J.Coste
  • Potentilla heptaphylla subsp. bouquoyana (Knaf) Čelak.
  • Potentilla heptaphylla subsp. elongata (Goldb. ex Ser.) Nyman
  • Potentilla heptaphylla subsp. nestleriana (Tratt.) Čelak.
  • Potentilla heptaphylla var. elongata (Goldb. ex Ser.) Lehm.
  • Potentilla heptaphylla var. goldbachii (Rupr.) Th.Wolf
  • Potentilla heptaphylla var. parviflora (Gaudin) Lehm.
  • Potentilla heptaphylla var. thuringiaca (Bernh. ex Link) Fiori
  • Potentilla heterophylla subsp. mathonetii (Jord.) Nyman
  • Potentilla intermedia var. elongata Goldb. ex Ser.
  • Potentilla intermedia var. mathonetii (Jord.) St.-Lag.
  • Potentilla mathonetii Jord.
  • Potentilla nestleri Fr.
  • Potentilla nestleriana Tratt.
  • Potentilla nestleriana var. parviflora (Gaudin) Focke
  • Potentilla orbiculata Th.Wolf
  • Potentilla parviflora Gaudin

and 21 more.

Characteristics

Growth habit
Forb/herb
Lifespan
Perennial
In the US and Canada
Canada: introduced

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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.