[Wikipedia] Range, Habitat, Description: Potentilla wheeleri is a species of cinquefoil known by the common name Kern cinquefoil[1] or Wheeler's cinquefoil.[2] It is native to the Sierra Nevada and nearby ranges of California and it has been reported from Arizona[1] and Baja California.[2] Its habitat includes moist areas in mountainous regions. This tuftlike plant produces spreading, decumbent stems with leaves sometimes arranged in a rosette about the caudex. The hairy stems reach a maximum length near 25 centimeters. The rough-haired leaves are palmate, each divided into five wedge-shaped leaflets which are lined or tipped with teeth. The inflorescence is a cyme of several flowers with yellow petals each a few millimeters long. (link added by Mary Ann Machi)