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Potentilla
Also called Cinquefoils, Five Finger, Strawberries
Potentilla is a genus of over 500 mostly perennial herbaceous plants in the rose family, commonly called cinquefoils, with five-lobed leaves and typically yellow flowers. Many garden forms are compact shrubby or clump-forming perennials that are easy to grow in sun and reasonably moist, well-drained soil.
Potentilla is a genus containing over 500 species of annual, biennial and perennial herbaceous flowering plants in the rose family, Rosaceae.
Potentillas may also be called cinquefoils in English, but they have also been called five fingers and silverweeds. Some species are called tormentils, though this is often used specifically for common tormentil (P. erecta). Others are referred to as barren strawberries, which may also refer to P. sterilis in particular, or to the closely related Waldsteinia fragarioides. Several other cinquefoils formerly included here are now separated in distinct genera – notably the popular garden shrub P. fruticosa, now Dasiphora fruticosa.
Cinquefoils grow wild in most cool and cold regions of the world. Most species are herbaceous perennials but a few are erect or creeping shrubs. Some are troublesome weeds. Other types are grown in gardens.
Dwarf Yellow Cinquefoil · Varileaf cinquefoil · Tormentil · Yellow-flowered strawberry · Spring cinquefoil · Snow cinquefoil · Norwegian cinquefoil · Creeping cinquefoil · Brook cinquefoil · Common cinquefoil
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The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Pet safety from the ASPCA toxic and non-toxic plant lists.
