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cinquefoils
Potentilla
Potentilla /ˌpoʊtənˈtɪlə/ is a genus containing over 300 species of annual, biennial and perennial herbaceous flowering plants in the rose family, Rosaceae. They are usually called cinquefoils in English. Potentilla are generally only found throughout the northern continents of the world (holarctic), though some may even be found in montane biomes of the New Guinea Highlands. Several other cinquefoils formerly included here are now separated in distinct genera - notably the popular garden shrub P. fruticosa,...
60 branches of this genus, most-observed first
mock strawberry
speciesPotentilla indica
Silvery Cinquefoil
speciesPotentilla argentea
sulphur cinquefoil
speciesPotentilla recta
Creeping cinquefoil
speciesPotentilla reptans
Tormentil
speciesPotentilla erecta
common cinquefoil
speciesPotentilla simplex
rough cinquefoil
speciesPotentilla norvegica
dwarf cinquefoil
speciesPotentilla canadensis
Potentilla verna
complexPotentilla verna
slender cinquefoil
speciesPotentilla gracilis
Lesser Mock-strawberry
speciesPotentilla hebiichigo
Carpet Cinquefoil
speciesPotentilla supina
Barren Strawberry
speciesPotentilla sterilis
Intermediate Cinquefoil
speciesPotentilla intermedia
Woolly Cinquefoil
speciesPotentilla hippiana
dwarf yellow cinquefoil
speciesPotentilla aurea
Early Cinquefoil
speciesPotentilla concinna
Blueleaf Cinquefoil
speciesPotentilla glaucophylla
White Cinquefoil
speciesPotentilla alba
fan-foil
speciesPotentilla flabellifolia
Northern Cinquefoil
speciesPotentilla villosa
white-leaved cinquefoil
speciesPotentilla pulcherrima
Pink Barren-strawberry
speciesPotentilla micrantha
Potentilla humifusa
speciesPotentilla humifusa
prairie cinquefoil
speciesPotentilla pensylvanica
Sunny-place cinquefoil
speciesPotentilla fragarioides
Alpine Cinquefoil
speciesPotentilla crantzii
Western Cinquefoil
speciesPotentilla montana
Alpine calcareous potentilla
speciesPotentilla caulescens
stemless cinquefoil
speciesPotentilla acaulis
European Cinquefoil
speciesPotentilla thuringiaca
scarlet cinquefoil
speciesPotentilla thurberi
Seven-leaved Cinquefoil
speciesPotentilla heptaphylla
Pink Cinquefoil
speciesPotentilla nitida
Ganyancao
speciesPotentilla longifolia
English cinquefoil
speciesPotentilla anglica
Snow Cinquefoil
speciesPotentilla nivea
Branched Cinquefoil
speciesPotentilla effusa
Potentilla tanacetifolia
speciesPotentilla tanacetifolia
Grey Cinquefoil
speciesPotentilla inclinata
Chinese Cinquefoil
speciesPotentilla chinensis
bluff cinquefoil
speciesPotentilla arenosa
Drummond's cinquefoil
speciesPotentilla drummondii
Freyn's cinquefoil
speciesPotentilla freyniana
Potentilla tergemina
speciesPotentilla tergemina
Potentilla chrysantha
speciesPotentilla chrysantha
eastern cinquefoil
speciesPotentilla clusiana
Arctic Cinquefoil
speciesPotentilla hyparctica
Macoun's Cinquefoil
speciesPotentilla macounii
Brewer's cinquefoil
speciesPotentilla breweri
Potentilla astracanica
speciesPotentilla astracanica
Potentilla pedata
speciesPotentilla pedata
Potentilla matsumurae
speciesPotentilla matsumurae
High Arctic Cinquefoil
speciesPotentilla subvahliana
Potentilla sericea
speciesPotentilla sericea
Coast cinquefoil
speciesPotentilla litoralis
Large-flowered cinquefoil
speciesPotentilla grandiflora
Potentilla alchimilloides
speciesPotentilla alchimilloides
Potentilla kleiniana
speciesPotentilla kleiniana
Potentilla stolonifera
speciesPotentilla stolonifera
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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In the old herbals & bestiaries
Illustrated Compendium of Materia Medica (Vol. 5)
吳其濬 · 1848 · p.92
Living Images of Plants
Otto Brunfels · 1532 · p.95
History of Rare Plants Observed in Pannonia
Carolus Clusius · 1583 · p.433
History of Rare Plants Observed in Pannonia
Carolus Clusius · 1583 · p.429
Herbarius latinus (with Dutch synonyms)
1486 · p.299
The Book of Health: The Art of Distillation
Brunschwig, Hieronymus · 1505 · p.137
The Book of Health: The Art of Distillation
Brunschwig, Hieronymus · 1505 · p.143
The Great Herbary with all the figures of the herbs
1532 · p.245
The Great Herbary with all the figures of the herbs
1532 · p.307
Notable Commentaries on the History of Plants
Leonhart Fuchs · 1542 · p.653
Book of Herbs
Hieronymus Bock (Tragus) · 1546 · p.396
Notable Commentaries on the History of Plants
Leonhart Fuchs · 1549 · p.651
In the stacks
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 53186.