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Potentilla pensylvanica
Also called Prairie cinquefoil
Pennsylvania cinquefoil is a small, variable perennial with divided, hairy-backed leaves and clusters of tiny yellow flowers, native to much of northern and western North America. It is a hardy wild plant that tolerates poor, dry, open ground and is rarely grown in gardens.
Potentilla pensylvanica (P. pensylvanica) is a species of cinquefoil known by the common names Pennsylvania cinquefoil and prairie cinquefoil. In Shoshoni, it is known as Ku'-si-wañ-go-gǐp. It is native to much of northern and western North America, including most of Canada and the western half of the United States. P. pensylvanica grows in many types of habitat. The plant is quite variable in appearance; it can be small and tuft-like or slender and erect. The leaves are divided into leaflets which are deeply lobed and have hairy undersides. The inflorescence is a cluster of several flowers, each with five yellow petals a few millimeters in length. The flower is 3 to 5mm wide. P. pensylvanica grows in elevations between elevations 2700 to 3800 meters.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Potentilla pensylvanica 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.
