Rosaceae
Villous cinquefoil
Potentilla villosa
- Family
- Rosaceae
- Genus
- Potentilla
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Common names
By language (2)
- English
- Villous cinquefoil
- Finnish
- Nukkahanhikki
Synonyms
- Potentilla fragiformis var. villosa (Pall. ex Pursh) Regel & Tiling
- Potentilla grandiflora var. villosa (Pall. ex Pursh) Kurtz
- Potentilla nivea subsp. villosa (Pall. ex Pursh) Hiitonen
- Potentilla nivea var. villosa (Pall. ex Pursh) Regel & Tiling
- Potentilla villosa f. carstiensis Siegfr. ex Th.Wolf
- Potentilla villosa f. macropetala F.Saut.
- Potentilla villosa unranked aurea Lehm.
- Potentilla villosa var. chrysocoma Rydb.
- Potentilla villosa var. macropetala (F.Saut.) Th.Wolf
- Potentilla villosa var. parviflora C.L.Hitchc.
- Potentilla villosa var. verna Schinz & R.Keller
- Potentilla villosa var. villosa
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Alaska: native, Canada: native, Lower 48 states: native
Photos
Photo: Jason Hollinger, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Averater, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Averater, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: brewbooks from near Seattle, USA, CC BY-SA 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, 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.