Slender Cinquefoil
Potentilla gracilis
Slender cinquefoil is a graceful western meadow perennial with palmate leaves and airy sprays of bright yellow flowers all summer, an easy, drought-tolerant pollinator plant for sunny borders and prairies.
- Family
- Rosaceae
- Type
- wildflower
- Lifespan
- perennial
- Height
- 1–2.5 ft
- Spacing
- 1–2 ft apart
- Light
- sun
- Soil moisture
- dry, moist
- Soil pH
- neutral
- Bloom
- June, July, August
- Bloom colors
- yellow
- Wildlife value
- pollinators, butterflies
- Landscape uses
- border
- Native states
- AK, CA, CO, ID, MT, NM, NV, OR, SD, UT, WA, WY