Calflora Taxon Report
Potentilla fruticosa  L.

(not an active name)
Bush cinquefoil,   Shrubby cinquefoil
Potentilla fruticosa is a shrub that is native to California, and also found elsewhere in North America and beyond.
also called Dasiphora fruticosa
Siskiyou Del Norte Modoc Humboldt Shasta Lassen Trinity Plumas Tehama Butte Mendocino Glenn Sierra Yuba Lake Nevada Colusa Placer Sutter El Dorado Yolo Alpine Napa Sonoma Sacramento Mono Amador Solano Calaveras Tuolumne San Joaquin Marin Contra Costa Alameda Santa Cruz Mariposa Madera San Francisco San Mateo Merced Fresno Stanislaus Santa Clara Inyo San Benito Tulare Kings Monterey San Bernardino San Luis Obispo Kern Santa Barbara Ventura Los Angeles Riverside Orange San Diego Imperial
Genus: Potentilla
Family: Rosaceae  
Category: angiosperm  
PLANTS group:Dicot
Jepson eFlora section: eudicot

Communities: Lodgepole Forest, Subalpine Forest, Alpine Fell-fields, wetland-riparian
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Alternate Names:
JEF + PLANTSDasiphora fruticosa
Information about Potentilla fruticosa from other sources
Nursery availability from CNPLX
This plant is available commercially.

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