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Shrubby Cinquefoil
(Dasiphora floribunda)
(formerly Potentilla fruticosa)

Other scientific names: Potentilla fruticosa

French names: Potentille frutescente

Family: Rose Family (Rosaceae)

Group: Cinquefoils

Distinctive features: Shrub

Similar species:
  •   Other Cinquefoils - see the Cinquefoils page.

  •   Three-toothed Cinquefoil (Sibbaldiopsis tridentata)

  •   Common Cinquefoil (Potentilla simplex)


Flowers: Summer;  Yellow;  5 parts (petals);  Yellow. Mid-August.

Leaves: Alternate, Compound, Entire;  Alternate, pinnately compound. Not evergreen.

Habitat: Fields and Open Areas, Wet Areas;  Wet or dry open areas.

Books: Peterson's Field Guide to Wildflowers: 134    Shrubs of Ontario: 197    Newcomb's Wildflower Guide: 316   

Native/Non-native: Native

Status: Common, widespread.

For more information visit: Ontario Wildflowers

Photographs: 116 photographs available, of which 11 are featured on this page. SCROLL DOWN FOR PHOTOGRAPHS.

Range Map is at the bottom of the page
  
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Shrubby Cinquefoil (Dasiphora floribunda)

The bright yellow 5-part flowers.

Shrubby Cinquefoil (Dasiphora floribunda)

These flowers are blooming in September.

Shrubby Cinquefoil (Dasiphora floribunda)

Closeup of the flowers.

Shrubby Cinquefoil (Dasiphora floribunda)

Shrubby Cinquefoil (Dasiphora floribunda)

Shrubby Cinquefoil (Dasiphora floribunda)

The compound leaves. They look as if they would be evergreen, but they're not.

Shrubby Cinquefoil (Dasiphora floribunda)

A whole plant. The bright yellow flowers really stand out.

Shrubby Cinquefoil (Dasiphora floribunda)

A "grove" of Shrubby Cinquefoil.

Shrubby Cinquefoil (Dasiphora floribunda)

Here's one growing in a small crevice in a rock on the Bruce Peninsula.

Shrubby Cinquefoil (Dasiphora floribunda)

This plant is growing in a wet area on the upper Bruce Peninsula.

Shrubby Cinquefoil (Dasiphora floribunda)

Shrubby Cinquefoil is able to grow in environments that most other plants find totally inhospitable. This one is growing in the Tablelands, which is an area of Gros Morne National Park in Newfoundland.
  
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Range map for Shrubby Cinquefoil (Dasiphora floribunda)

PLEASE NOTE: A coloured Province or State means this species occurs somewhere in that Province/State.
The entire Province/State is coloured, regardless of where in that Province/State it occurs.

(Range map provided courtesy of the USDA website and is displayed here in accordance with their Policies)

 

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