Drymocallis glandulosa

Drymocallis glandulosa (syn. Potentilla glandulosa), commonly called sticky cinquefoil or Douglas' wood beauty, is an herbaceous perennial in the Rosaceae family exhibiting highly variable habit—from low tufted plants only a few centimetres tall to slender erect stems approaching 1 m. The herbage is densely covered in glandular hairs that lend it a characteristic sticky texture and resinous fragrance. Leaves are pinnately compound with a prominent terminal leaflet flanked by smaller toothed lateral leaflets. Inflorescences are open cymes bearing 2 to 30 saucer-shaped flowers about 1 cm across, with five white, pale yellow, or gold petals and a ring of stamens around a central cluster of carpels. The species is native to western North America from southwestern Canada through the western United States and California into Baja California, occupying a wide range of habitats including meadows, open forests, and chaparral, and proliferating after wildfires, clearcutting, or heavy grazing.