Alpine cinquefoil

Potentilla crantzii

Family: Rosaceae Genus: Potentilla Species: crantzii

Synonyms: Fragaria crantzii, Potentilla crantzii subsp. latestipula, Potentilla alpestris var. planorum, Potentilla villosa var. serpentini, Potentilla gelida subsp. boreoasiatica, Potentilla serpentini var. macrodonta, Potentilla verna var. stipularis, Potentilla crantzii var. saxatilis, Potentilla gelida var. sericea, Potentilla tridentina f. dumetorum, Potentilla arenaria f. parviflora, Potentilla arenaria f. eglandulosa, Potentilla alpestris var. gelidiformis, Potentilla fragiformis var. lucida, Potentilla villosa subvar. obtusifolia, Potentilla alpestris var. filiformis, Potentilla opaca var. baldensis, Potentilla serpentini f. trifoliata, Potentilla alpestris f. trisecta, Potentilla gelida, Potentilla crocea, Potentilla maculata gracilior, Potentilla arenaria f. crenulata, Potentilla crantzii var. baldensis, Potentilla salisburgensis, Potentilla salisburgensis depressa, Potentilla salisburgensis subsp. saxatilis, Potentilla arenaria f. stenopetala, Potentilla crantzii subsp. boreoasiatica, Potentilla alpestris f. pygmaea, Potentilla obtusifolia, Fragaria villosa, Potentilla praeruptorum, Potentilla serpentini var. parvifrons, Potentilla crantzii var. pygmaea, Potentilla fragiformis var. gelida, Potentilla tridentina f. canfedinensis, Potentilla verna var. alpestris, Potentilla alpestris geranioides, Potentilla arenaria subvar. parviflora, Potentilla arenaria subvar. eglandulosa, Potentilla crantzii subsp. gelida, Potentilla alpestris, Potentilla latestipula var. argentata, Potentilla arenaria var. percuneata, Potentilla alpestris var. firma, Potentilla crantzii var. stricticaulis, Potentilla crantzii var. vulgaris, Potentilla alpestris var. typica, Potentilla salisburgensis var. sabauda, Potentilla maculata gelida, Potentilla salisburgensis var. debilis, Potentilla grandiflora, Potentilla arenaria var. subcaulis, Potentilla arenaria f. incisa, Potentilla alpestris var. saxatilis, Potentilla arenaria f. cuneifolia, Potentilla salisburgensis var. jurana, Potentilla alpestris f. macropetala, Potentilla rotundifolia, Potentilla villosa var. debilis, Potentilla serpentini var. hirsutifrons, Potentilla villosa var. stricticaulis, Potentilla crantzii var. levieri, Potentilla × scandica, Potentilla grandiflora var. gelida, Potentilla tridentina, Potentilla alpestris var. typicabaldensis, Potentilla arenaria f. ochroleuca, Potentilla alpestris var. subsericea, Potentilla alpestris var. crocea, Potentilla verna var. salisburgensis, Potentilla alpestris var. sabauda, Potentilla baldensis, Dynamidium juranum, Potentilla crocea var. depressa, Potentilla verna var. major, Potentilla arenaria f. cinerascens, Potentilla arenaria f. grandiflora, Potentilla arenaria subvar. septenata, Potentilla crocea var. sabauda, Potentilla villosa, Potentilla lucida, Potentilla alpestris f. micropetala, Potentilla verna var. ternata, Potentilla verna var. rotundifolia, Potentilla villosa subvar. subsericea, Potentilla serpentini var. laxa, Potentilla jurana, Potentilla crantzii var. latestipulata, Potentilla friesiana, Potentilla levieri, Potentilla hyparctica subsp. gelida, Potentilla arenaria f. discolor, Potentilla debilis, Potentilla alpestris var. tridentina, Potentilla clusiana, Potentilla alpestris var. debilis, Potentilla juratensis, Potentilla serpentini f. thyrsoidea, Potentilla saxatilis, Potentilla salisburgensis f. baldensis, Potentilla stipulaceum, Potentilla verna var. alpina, Potentilla gardae, Potentilla maculata debilis, Potentilla salisburgensis var. praeruptorum, Potentilla crantzii var. araratica, Potentilla langeana, Potentilla salisburgensis var. cathypsela, Potentilla arenaria subvar. stenopetala, Potentilla arenaria subvar. grandiflora, Potentilla alpestris var. jurana, Potentilla salisburgensis var. stricticaulis, Potentilla serpentini f. fissidens, Potentilla verna var. rubens, Potentilla maculata, Potentilla villosa var. gracilior, Potentilla × pseudoserpentini, Potentilla verlotii, Potentilla maculata var. vulgaris, Potentilla arenaria f. pectinata, Potentilla arenaria f. genuina, Potentilla salisburgensis gracilior, Potentilla alpestris f. stenopetala, Potentilla arenaria f. glandulosissima, Potentilla affinis, Potentilla verna subsp. baldensis, Potentilla incisa, Potentilla sabauda, Potentilla salisburgensis var. vulgaris, Potentilla arenaria f. longifolia, Potentilla alpestris var. araratica, Potentilla alpestris var. baldensis, Potentilla salisburgensis var. baldensis, Potentilla alpestris var. levieri, Potentilla verna subsp. alpestris, Potentilla serpentini f. grandifrons, Potentilla verna var. filiformis, Potentilla salisburgensis geranioides, Potentilla alpestris var. brotheriana, Potentilla aurea var. salisburgensis, Potentilla arenaria subvar. glandulosissima, Potentilla villosa var. jurana, Potentilla alpestris var. stricticaulis, Potentilla crantzii var. argentata, Potentilla gelida var. genuina, Potentilla crantzii var. typica, Potentilla verna var. crantzii, Potentilla crantzii var. firma, Potentilla × eynensis, Potentilla salisburgensis var. alsatica, Potentilla arenaria var. meridionalis, Potentilla arenaria f. acutidens, Potentilla arenaria f. septenata, Potentilla salisburgensis var. verlotii, Potentilla stricticaulis, Potentilla crantzii gracilior, Potentilla latestipula, Potentilla crantzii subsp. serpentini, Potentilla bithynica, Potentilla tridentina f. bordalensis, Potentilla alpestris gracilior, Potentilla arenaria subvar. platypetala, Potentilla alpestris var. friesiana, Potentilla crantzii var. tridentina, Potentilla arenaria f. glandulosa, Potentilla crantzii var. brotheriana, Potentilla arenaria var. inhaerens, Potentilla alpestris f. septenata, Potentilla salisburgensis var. subsimilis, Potentilla stipulacea, Potentilla arenaria subvar. meridionalis, Potentilla × engadinensis, Potentilla villosa var. saxatilis, Potentilla verna filiformis, Potentilla serpentini, Potentilla crantzii var. latestipula, Potentilla opaca subsp. saxatilis, Potentilla crantzii subsp. saxatilis, Potentilla aurea var. crocea, Potentilla alpestris f. grandiflora, Potentilla arenaria f. platypetala, Potentilla alpestris subsp. gelida, Potentilla crantzii var. ternata, Potentilla filiformis, Potentilla arenaria var. junialis, Potentilla alpestris var. serpentini, Potentilla hellwegeri, Potentilla alpestris subsp. baldensis, Potentilla arenaria f. parvula

Alpine cinquefoil (en)

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Botanical Description

Potentilla crantzii, the alpine cinquefoil, is a low tufted perennial herb of the Rosaceae family native to arctic and alpine regions across the northern hemisphere, including the mountains of Europe, northern Asia, and arctic North America. From a stout, woody, blackish rootstock topped with the brown remains of previous seasons' leaves it produces basal rosettes of palmately compound leaves, each with usually five, sometimes three, obovate, coarsely toothed, sparsely hairy leaflets. The flowering stems rise five to twenty centimetres tall, sparsely leafy, branching above into a loose cyme of bright yellow five-petalled flowers fifteen to twenty-five millimetres across, the petals slightly notched at the tip and often with an orange spot at the base. The fruit is a head of small smooth achenes. It favours short calcareous turf, rocky ledges, and stable scree at high elevations.

Native Region: Afghanistan, Albania, Altay, Amur, Austria, Baltic States, Bulgaria, Buryatiya, Central European Rus, Chita, Czechoslovakia, East European Russia, Finland, France, Føroyar, Germany, Great Britain, Greenland, Iceland, India, Iran, Irkutsk, Italy, Kamchatka, Kazakhstan, Khabarovsk, Kirgizstan, Krasnoyarsk, Krym, Labrador, Magadan, Mongolia, Newfoundland, North Caucasus, North European Russi, Northwest European R, Norway, Nunavut, Ontario, Pakistan, Poland, Québec, Romania, Spain, Svalbard, Sweden, Switzerland, Tadzhikistan, Transcaucasus, Turkey, Tuva, Uzbekistan, West Himalaya, West Siberia, Xinjiang, Yakutskiya, Yugoslavia

Cultural & Historical Context

Traditional American Uses

None Documented

Chemistry & External Identifiers

Trefle ID

263341

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