Potentilla glaucophylla var. glaucophylla

Blueleaf cinquefoil

Family: Rosaceae · Type: perennial · Native

Blueleaf cinquefoil is a California native perennial found in the central Sierra Nevada Mountains in moist, rocky alpine areas at elevations of 2,600 to 3,500 meters. Flowering from July to September, this plant produces white flowers with petals 6 to 8 millimeters long in clusters less than 20 flowers. Growing with ascending stems 10 to 40 centimeters tall, it forms tufts from a few-branched woody base. Its distinctive palmate leaves have 5 leaflets, with the central leaflet 15 to 40 millimeters long, oblanceolate in shape, and glaucous blue-green in color with 3 to 7 teeth near the tip. The small fruit is pale brown and approximately 1.5 millimeters long.

Habitat: Generally +- rocky, moist areas

Bloom period: Jul-Sep

Elevation: 2600-3500 m

Bioregions: c&amps SNH

California counties: Mono, El Dorado, Fresno, Placer, Tulare, Tuolumne, Inyo, Modoc

Data from The California Species Project — 14,000+ California species with verified data from CNPS, CDFW, USFWS, Jepson eFlora, Cal-IPC, and more.