Potentilla jepsonii

Jepson's cinquefoil

Family: Rosaceae · Type: perennial · Native

Jepson's cinquefoil is a California native perennial found in central Sierra Nevada and northern White and Inyo Mountains in alpine meadows and rocky barrens at elevations of 2,700 to 3,800 meters. Flowering from June to August, this plant produces white flowers in clusters of 3 to 12 blooms. Growing with decumbent to ascending stems 5 to 25 centimeters tall and covered in ascending hairs, it forms a tufted cluster from a simple caudex. Its subpinnate leaves have 2 to 3 leaflets on each side, with elliptic-oblanceolate leaflets 5 to 20 millimeters long, densely hairy on the underside and more loosely hairy on the top surface. The tiny fruits are approximately 1 millimeter long and appear brownish with faint veining.

Habitat: Alpine meadows, rocky barrens

Bloom period: Jun-Aug

Elevation: 2700-3800 m

Bioregions: c&amps SNH, n W&ampI

California counties: Inyo, Mono, Tulare

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