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Common name: Shrubby cinquefoil
Botanical name: Dasiphora fruticosa Family: Rosaceae (rose family)
Synonyms: Potentilla fruticosa
Shrubby cinquefoil has gone by many scientific names. Many know it as
Potentilla fruticosa. Others remember Pentaphylloides
floribunda. Recently it has been named Dasiphora fruticosa.
Shrubby cinquefoil flowers are bright yellow and about
¾ inch across. They are single in the leaf axils or sometimes many
flowers appear in close clusters on the branch tips. The shrub is multi-
stemmed and many-branched and can reach a height of from one to six feet,
although in Himalayan areas it can be very small. The reddish-brown bark on
the branches of older shrubby cinquefoil plants is fibrous and peels
off in long strips. Shrubby cinquefoil has numerous leaves with three
to nine leaflets. The leaflets are entire, unlike many other potentillas whose
leaflets are toothed or lobed. Mature plants have both erect and prostrate
branches, the latter able to form roots.
| Photographed in Valley of
Flowers, Uttaranchal. |
Identification credit: Anil Kumar
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