genus Potentilla
Member of
cinquefoil subtribe (subtribe Potentillinae)
rose family (family Rosaceae)
dicots (class Magnoliopsida)
flowering plants (subphylum Angiospermae)
Except for extremely rare examples that I don't expect to encounter, there are no other wild species of this genus in the bay area.
Note that the common sticky cinquefoil (Drymocallis glandulosa) is in another genus.
mock strawberry
Potentilla indica
hickman’s cinquefoil
Potentilla hickmanii
Toxicity of cinquefoil, potentilla, silver weed (Potentilla spp.):
0 – Non-toxic.
2 unobserved taxons / 1 key
Chris’s observations: none
Taxon info: iNaturalist – Calflora – Jepson eFlora – FNA
Bay Area species: iNaturalist – Calflora