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Potentilla hippiana
Also called Hipp's Cinquefoil, Horse Cinquefoil
Woolly cinquefoil (Potentilla hippiana) is a perennial wildflower native to western North America, from western Canada to the western United States. It grows from a thick root and is best suited to a dry, sunny, open spot with good drainage.
Potentilla hippiana is a species of flowering plant, known by the common names woolly cinquefoil, horse cinquefoil, and Hipp's cinquefoil, in the rose family, Rosaceae.It is native to North America, where it occurs in western Canada and the western United States. It occurs in eastern Canada and the US state of Michigan as an introduced species.
This perennial herb grows up to one-half meter (1 ft 8 in) tall from a thick caudex and taproot. The leaves are up to 19 centimeters (7.5 in) long or more and each is made up of several toothed leaflets. The leaves may be hairless to hairy to woolly. The fruit is a tiny achene. This species hybridizes with several other cinquefoil species, such as beautiful cinquefoil (P. pulcherrima) and elegant cinquefoil (P. concinna).
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Potentilla hippiana 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.
