Potentilla gracilis var. gracilis

Graceful cinquefoil

Family: Rosaceae · Type: perennial · Native

Graceful cinquefoil is a California native perennial found in northwestern Klamath Ranges, northern Coast Ranges, and Cascade Ranges in meadow habitats at elevations of 120 to 1,100 meters. Flowering from June to August, this plant produces yellow flowers with petals 7 to 10 millimeters long. Growing with spreading-haired stems 40 to 90 centimeters tall, it forms an upright and open structure. Its basal leaves feature a central leaflet 30 to 70 millimeters long, white-woolly on the underside and green with sparse hairs on top, with teeth extending about halfway to the midvein. The plant's distinctive spreading hairs and yellow flowers make it a notable meadow perennial.

Habitat: Meadows

Bloom period: Jun-Aug

Elevation: 120-1100 m

Bioregions: nw KR, n NCoRO, CaRH

California counties: Fresno, Inyo, Lassen, Mariposa, Mendocino, Plumas, San Bernardino, Trinity, Tulare, Tuolumne, Ventura, Humboldt, Shasta, Del Norte, Siskiyou, Alpine

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