Calflora Taxon Report
Potentilla gracilis  Hook.  var. elmeri  (Rydb.) Jeps.
Elmer's cinquefoil
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Potentilla gracilis var. elmeri is a perennial herb that is native to California, and also found elsewhere in western North America.
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
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Parent: Potentilla gracilis
Genus: Potentilla
Family: Rosaceae  
Category: angiosperm  
PLANTS group:Dicot
Jepson eFlora section: eudicot
Wetlands: Equally likely to occur in wetlands and non wetlands

Communities: Yellow Pine Forest, Pinyon-Juniper Woodland, wetland-riparian

Name Status:
Accepted by JEF + POWO
Alternate Names:
OTHERPotentilla elmeri
JEFPotentilla flabelliformis var. inyoensis
JEFPotentilla pectinisecta
PLANTSPotentilla pectinisecta
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Suggested Citation
“Calflora - Taxon Report.” The Calflora Database, a non-profit organization. .

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