Scarlet Cinquefoil
Potentilla thurberi
Scarlet cinquefoil is a Southwestern mountain perennial unusual for its deep wine-red flowers over a long summer season, a drought-tolerant, long-blooming native for sunny borders.
- 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, September
- Bloom colors
- red
- Wildlife value
- pollinators, butterflies
- Landscape uses
- border
- Native states
- AZ, NM