Potentilla - Wikipedia Potentilla ˌpoʊtənˈtɪlə [1] is a genus containing over 500 species of annual, biennial and perennial herbaceous flowering plants in the rose family, Rosaceae Potentillas may also be called cinquefoils in English, but they have also been called five fingers and silverweeds
How to Grow and Care for Shrubby Cinquefoil - Garden Design Shrubby cinquefoil (Potentilla fruticosa) is a small-to-medium-sized deciduous shrub most often used by landscapers and home gardeners, though perennial and groundcover types are also available The common name cinquefoil, meaning “five leaves,” refers to the five leaflets found on many varieties
Slender cinqefoil (Potentilla gracilis) Plant Guide Cinquefoil serves as a pollen source for many beneficial insects such as the syrphid fly and is a host plant for the two-banded checkered skipper, purplish copper, and strawberry grown moths
Potentilla fruticosa (Shrubby Cinquefoil) - Gardenia Very floriferous, Potentilla fruticosa (Shrubby Cinquefoil) is a compact, bushy deciduous shrub boasting masses of large, rich yellow flowers, 1 5 in across (4 cm), from late spring to the first frosts
Potentilla Plant Growing Care Guide for Gardeners Cinquefoil and other Potentilla plants are easy to grow and look after The flowering stems should be cut back in the autumn, and a light topdressing of organic matters every spring will do wonders
Cinquefoil | Herbaceous, Perennial, Medicinal | Britannica Cinquefoil, (genus Potentilla), genus of more than 300 species of herbaceous flowering plants of the rose family (Rosaceae) The common name, which means “five-leaved,” refers to the number of leaflets in the compound leaf, though some species have three or seven (or more) leaflets
Potentilla fruticosa - Plant Finder - Missouri Botanical Garden Potentila fruticosa, commonly called shrubby cinquefoil, is a vigorous, floriferous, many-branched, compact, deciduous shrub that is native to northern parts of the U S , Canada, Europe and Northern Asia
Cinquefoil - Garden. org Cinquefoil (Potentilla spp ) often sneaks into lawns in the eastern half of North America, where several species are native to open woodlands The plants resemble strawberries, but the leaves are made up of five leaflets whereas strawberries (including weedy Indian mockstrawberry) have only three
Potentilla hippiana Silverleaf Cinquefoil, P anserine, produces red stolons and 1 flower per stem; Pennsylvania Cinquefoil, P pensylvanica, has 5–11 leaflets cut at least 1 2 way to the midrib