Potentilla pseudosericea

Mono cinquefoil, Mono Cinquefoil

Family: Rosaceae · Type: perennial · Native

Mono cinquefoil is a California native perennial found in central Sierra Nevada Mountains, northern Inyo and White Mountains, and northern Sweetwater Mountains in rocky alpine environments at elevations of 3,200 to 4,300 meters. Flowering from July to August, this plant produces small white flowers approximately 4 millimeters long in clusters of 3 to 10 blooms. Growing with low-spreading stems 2 to 15 centimeters tall, the plant forms tufted or matted clumps from a branched caudex. Its palmate leaves have 5 leaflets, with central leaflets 10 to 15 millimeters long, obovate in shape and densely white-strigose, with margins rolled slightly under. The fruit is pale brown and approximately 1 millimeter long, with a smooth surface.

Habitat: Rocky flats, slopes

Bloom period: Jul-Aug

Elevation: 3200-4300 m

Bioregions: c&amps SNH, n SNE (Sweetwater Mtns), n W&ampI.

California counties: Inyo, Tulare, Fresno, Mono, Tuolumne

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