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Potentilla × diversifolia
Also called Mountain Meadow Cinquefoil
Varileaf cinquefoil (Potentilla × diversifolia), also called mountain meadow cinquefoil, is a hardy perennial with gray-green leaves and small yellow flowers, native to western North America. It is grown for its tidy, long-blooming habit and does best in well-drained soil with sun to light shade.
Potentilla diversifolia or Potentilla × diversifolia is a species of flowering plant in the Rose Family (Rosaceae) known by the common names varileaf cinquefoil, different-leaved cinquefoil, and mountain meadow cinquefoil.
It is native to North America, where it grows in moist habitat in many regions, in Alaska to Greenland, the Pacific Northwest and the Rocky Mountains, and from California to New Mexico.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Potentilla diversifolia by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
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.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
Pet safety from the ASPCA toxic and non-toxic plant lists.
