Scientific Name:
Potentilla fruticosa
( syn.
Dasiphora fruticosa
)
Pronunciation:
poe-ten-TIL-ah frew-tih-KOE-sah
Common Name:
potentilla, cinquefoil
Family Name:
Rosaceae
Plant Type:
Shrub - deciduous
Key ID Features:
Small, round deciduous shrub; leaves compound-palmate, with 5(-7) alternating, mostly elliptical leaflets 1-2cm long; flowers 2-4cm wide, 5 petals (commonly yellow), 5 sepals, and many stamens and tiny pistils. Winter ID: very twiggy; bark shaggy, cinnamon coloured; fruit 5-lobed that sometimes persist in winter.
Habit:
Twiggy, Upright
Form:
Mounded, Oval - horizontal
Texture:
Fine
Mature Height:
0.2 - 0.4m
Mature Spread:
0.6 - 1.0m
Growth Rate:
Moderate
Origin:
Europe, North America
Hardiness Rating:
Zone 2: (-46 to -40 °C)
Exposure:
Full sun
Soil/Growing Medium:
Rocky or gravelly or dry, Well-drained
Water Use:
Moderate, Low
Landscape Uses:
Alpine, Group or mass planting, Mixed shrub border, Small garden/space
Additional Info:
Google. Cultivars on campus or shown include D. ‘Yellow Gem’, P. ‘Goldfinger', P. ‘Red Ace’, P. ‘Sunset’, P. 'Abbotswood', and P. 'Pink Beauty'.
Leaf Morphology:
Form:
Compound
Arrangement:
Alternate
Texture/Venation:
Soft flexible
Surfaces:
Lustrous, Glandular hairs
Compound Leaf:
Odd-pinnate
Colour in Fall:
Green, Yellow, Brown
Shapes:
Ovate
Apices:
Acute
Margins:
Inflorescence Type:
Cyme, Floriferous
Flower Morphology:
Number Of Petals:
5
Corolla Shape:
Rotate/stellate
Colour (petals):
Showy, White, Orange, Yellow, Pink, Red, Dark-red
Flower Scent:
None
Flower Time at Peak:
May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep
Additional Info:
Many simple pistils
Fruit Type:
Aggregate fruit, Achene
Fruit Colour:
Brown
Fruiting Time:
Jul, Aug, Sep, Oct
Additional Info:
Not showy, Accessory tissue,
Bark Morphology:
Exfoliating, Multi-stem trunk
Bark or Stem Colour:
Brown
Organ Modifications:
Fibrous-like roots
Propagation:
Seed, Softwood cuttings, Tissue culture
Maintenance:
Low
Pest Susceptibility:
Mites (Disease resistant, Deer resistant, Drought tolerant)
Course(s):
- AARB 1012
- Level 2 Apprenticeship
- CLT Training
- HORT 1155
Location(s):
- (NRY) NuRserY
- (ONW) Overpass North side West : cv. Goldfinger