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Rosaceae

Varying cinquefoil

Potentilla versicolor Rydb.

Family
Rosaceae
Genus
Potentilla

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Varying cinquefoil: A flowering individual of Potentilla versicolor var. versicolor (Steens Mountain cinquefoil) growing in cracked basalt bedrock on Steens Mountain, Oregon, USA.
Photo: Photosynthetic430, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Varying cinquefoil

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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). About our plant data.