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cinquefoils

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.


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: iNaturalistCalfloraJepson eFloraFNA

Bay Area species: iNaturalistCalflora