North Carolina Wildflowers

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Rosaceae > Potentilla (Cinquefoil, Five-fingers)

Dwarf Cinquefoil, Running Five-Fingers (Potentilla canadensis) Dwarf Cinquefoil, Running Five-Fingers (Potentilla canadensis)
Orange Co., NC
21 Apr 2006

Statewide and common in North Carolina, Dwarf Cinquefoil grows in a variety of habitats including weedy disturbed areas.

Dwarf Cinquefoil, Running Five-Fingers (Potentilla canadensis) Dwarf Cinquefoil, Running Five-Fingers (Potentilla canadensis)
Orange Co., NC
21 Apr 2006

This is a host plant for the endangered Appalachian Checkered-Skipper (Pyrgus wyandot).

Dwarf Cinquefoil, Running Five-Fingers (Potentilla canadensis) Dwarf Cinquefoil, Running Five-Fingers (Potentilla canadensis)
Sandhills Gamelands in Scotland Co., NC
20 Apr 2008
Dwarf Cinquefoil, Running Five-Fingers (Potentilla canadensis) Dwarf Cinquefoil, Running Five-Fingers (Potentilla canadensis)
Sandhills Gamelands in Scotland Co., NC
20 Apr 2008

Common Cinquefoil (Potentilla simplex) Common Cinquefoil (Potentilla simplex)
Macon Co., NC
12 May 2006

Common and statewide in NC, growing in a variety of habitats, often disturbed.


Sulphur Cinquefoil, Sulphur Five-Fingers, Rough-fruited Cinquefoil (Potentilla recta) Sulphur Cinquefoil, Sulphur Five-Fingers, Rough-fruited Cinquefoil (Potentilla recta)
Alleghany Co., NC
1 July 2006

Sulphur Cinquefoil is native to Europe but is now fairly common statewide in NC in various open, disturbed places.

Sulphur Cinquefoil, Sulphur Five-Fingers, Rough-fruited Cinquefoil (Potentilla recta) Sulphur Cinquefoil, Sulphur Five-Fingers, Rough-fruited Cinquefoil (Potentilla recta)
Alleghany Co., NC
1 July 2006

Sulphur Cinquefoil, Sulphur Five-Fingers, Rough-fruited Cinquefoil (Potentilla recta) Sulphur Cinquefoil, Sulphur Five-Fingers, Rough-fruited Cinquefoil (Potentilla recta)
Alleghany Co., NC
1 July 2006

The marijuana-shaped leaf gives rise to the common name of the genus (Five-fingers).


Purple Marshlocks, Marsh Cinquefoil (Potentilla palustris, Comarum palustre)

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Purple Marshlocks, Marsh Cinquefoil (Potentilla palustris, Comarum palustre)
Powell Co., MT
20 July 2013

Common in the northern and western US into Canada in various wet habitats including marshes, fens, streamsides, etc.

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Purple Marshlocks, Marsh Cinquefoil (Potentilla palustris, Comarum palustre)
Powell Co., MT
20 July 2013


Annotated habitat and distribution information listed above is from Radford, Ahles, & Bell. 1968. Manual of the Vascular Flora of the Carolinas. UNC Press; and from personal observations and discussions with Will Cook, Harry LeGrand, and Bob Wilbur. Common names from personal experience and supplemented by the following resources USDA plants website, Flora of the Carolinas, Virginia, and Georgia, and NatureServe.


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