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Creeping sibbaldia

Sibbaldia procumbens L.

Family
Rosaceae
Genus
Sibbaldia

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Creeping sibbaldia: Sibbaldia procumbens on Table Mountain, Wells Gray Park, BC, Canada
Photo: pellaea, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Common names

By language (14)
Bulgarian
Разпростряна сибалдия
Chinese
五蕊莓, 山莓草, 五蕊梅, 木茎山金梅
English
Creeping sibbaldia
Finnish
Tunturinärvänä, Närvänä
French
Sibbaldie couchée, Sibbaldie à tiges couchées
Georgian
Sibbalda procumbens
German
Gelbling
hsb
Žołtušk
Icelandic
Fjallasmári
Norwegian Bokmål
Trefingerurt
Polish
Sybaldia rozesłana
Slovenian
Polegli žoltec
Swedish
Dvärgfingerört
Welsh
Sibaldia

Synonyms

  • Coelas procumbens (L.) Dulac
  • Dactylophyllum sibbaldia (Haller f.) Spenn.
  • Potentilla montana Schur ex Nyman
  • Potentilla procumbens (L.) Clairv.
  • Potentilla sibbaldia Griess.
  • Potentilla sibbaldia Kurtz
  • Potentilla sibbaldiana Lehm.
  • Potentilla sibbaldii Haller f.
  • Sibbaldia coreana Nakai
  • Sibbaldia macrophylla Turcz. ex Juz.
  • Sibbaldia octopetala Mill.
  • Sibbaldia procumbens subsp. macrophylla (Turcz. ex Juz.) Kamelin
  • Sibbaldia procumbens subvar. grandifolia Briq.
  • Sibbaldia procumbens var. coreana Nakai
  • Sibbaldia procumbens var. macrophylla (Turcz. ex Juz.) Gubanov
  • Sibbaldia procumbens var. pilosa Murr
  • Sibbaldia procumbens var. procumbens
  • Sibbaldia procumbens var. valdehirta Ohwi

Characteristics

Growth habit
Forb/herb, Subshrub
Lifespan
Perennial
In the US and Canada
Alaska: native, Canada: native, Greenland: native, Lower 48 states: native

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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.