[The Rose Family in the Cascade Mountains of Oregon and Washington]

The Cinquefoils of the Cascade Mountains of Oregon and Washington

The Genera Comarum, Dasiphora, Drymocallis and Potentilla

Fan-leaf Cinquefoil, Fanfoil, Fan-foil, Fringe-leaf Cinquefoil, High Mountain Cinquefoil: Potentilla flabellifolia (Synonym: Potentilla gelida)

Fanleaf Cinquefoil: Potentilla flabellifolia

Marsh Cinquefoil, Purple Cinquefoil, Purple Marshlocks: Comarum palustre (Synonyms: Comarum palustris var. villosum, Potentilla palustris, Potentilla palustris var. parvifolia, Potentilla palustris var. villosa, Potentilla palustris var. villosum)

Yellow Rose, Shrubby Cinquefoil: Dasiphora fruticosa (Synonyms: Dasiphora floribunda, Dasiphora fruticosa ssp. floribunda, Dasiphora riparia, Fragaria fruticosa, Pentaphylloides floribunda, Pentaphylloides fruticosa, Potentilla floribunda, Potentilla fruticosa, Potentilla fruticosa ssp. floribunda, Potentila fruticosa var. farreri, Potentilla fruticosa var. tenuifolia)

Ashland Cinquefoil: Drymocallis ashlandica (Synonyms: Potentilla ashlandica, Potentilla glandulosa, Potentilla glandulosa ssp. ashlandica)

Cream Cinquefoil, Sharp-toothed Cinquefoil, Tall Cinquefoil, Valley Cinquefoil: Drymocallis convallaria (Synonyms: Drymocallis arguta, Potentilla arguta, Potentilla arguta ssp. convallaria, Potentilla arguta var. convallaria, Potentilla convallaria)

Idaho Drymocallis, Idaho Wood Beauty, Sticky Cinquefoil: Drymocallis glabrata (Synonyms: Potentilla glandulosa, Potentilla glandulosa ssp. glabrata, Potentilla glandulosa ssp. intermedia, Potentilla glandulosa var. incisa, Potentilla glandulosa var. intermedia)

Gland Cinquefoil, Sticky Cinquefoil: Drymocallis glandulosa var. glandulosa (Synonyms: Drymocallis glandulosa, Potentilla glandulosa ssp. glandulosa, Potentilla glandulosa ssp. typica, Potentilla glandulosa var. glandulosa, Potentilla glandulosa var. incisa, Potentilla glandulosa ssp. typica, Potentilla rhomboidea, Potentilla valida) - From the western Willamette Valley east to central Oregon and Washington. Petals 3.5-5 mm long, usually yellow, occasionally cream-white, obovate-elliptic to broadly ovate or nearly round. Inflorescence usually leafy bracteate. Sepals spreading, equal to greater than the petals.

Montana Sticky Cinquefoil, Sticky Cinquefoil: Drymocallis glandulosa var. reflexa (Synonyms: Potentilla glandulosa ssp. reflexa, Potentilla glandulosa var. reflexa, Potentilla reflexa) - Petals yellow, narrowly ovate to narrowly obovate or obovate-elliptic (1.5-3 mm). Sepals and petals reflexed. Inflorescence leafy bracteate or not. Note: This taxon is included with D. glandulosa ssp. glandulosa in Washington.

Coast Drymocallis: Drymocallis glandulosa var. wrangelliana (Synonyms: Potentilla glandulosa var. glandulosa, Potentilla glandulosa var. wrangelliana, Potentilla wrangelliana) - Usually coastal to the east side of the Cascade crest. Petals 4.5-6.5 mm long, obovate-elliptic to broadly ovate or nearly round, usually cream-white to occasionally pale yellow. Inflorescence usually leafy bracteate. Sepals spreading, equal to greater than the petals.

Austin's Drymocallis: Drymocallis lactea var. austiniae (Synonym: Potentilla glandulosa var. austinae)

Nevada Cinquefoil, Sticky Cinquefoil: Drymocallis lactea var. lactea (Synonyms: Potentilla glandulosa ssp. nevadensis, Potentilla glandulosa var. nevadensis, Potentilla pumila)

Cliff Drymocallis, Rocky Mountain Sticky Cinquefoil, Sticky Cinquefoil: Drymocallis pseudorupestris var. saxicola (Synonyms: Drymocallis pseudorupestris, Potentilla glandulosa, Potentilla glandulosa ssp. pseudorupestris, Potentilla glandulosa var. pseudorupestris) - Note: This taxon is treated as Drymocallis glanudlosa ssp. pseudorupestris in Washington.

Rhomboid Sticky Cinquefoil: Drymocallis rhomboidea (Synonyms: Potentilla glandulosa, Potentilla glandulosa ssp. globosa, Potentilla rhomboidea)

Common Silverweed, Silverweed Cinquefoil, Silvery Cinquefoil: Potentilla anserina ssp. anserina (Synonyms: Argentina anserina, Argentina anserina var. concolor, Potentilla anserina, Potentilla anserina var. anserina, Potentilla anserina var. concolor, Potentilla anserina var. sericea, Potentilla anserina var. yukonensis, Potentilla egedii ssp. yukonensis, Potentilla yukonensis) -

Common Silverweed, Pacific Silverweed, Silverweed Cinquefoil: Potentilla anserina ssp. pacifica (Synonyms: Argentina egedii, Argentina egedii ssp. egedii, Potentilla anserina ssp. egedii, Potentilla anserina var. grandis, Potentilla anserina var. lanata, Potentilla anserina var. rolandii, Potentilla egedii, Potentilla egedii ssp. grandis, Potentilla egedii var. grandis, Potentilla pacifica, Potentilla rolandii) - Unlikely in all but the westernmost foothills of the Cascades.

Biennial Cinquefoil: Potentilla biennis (Synonyms: Potentilla kelseyi, Potentilla lateriflora, Tridophyllum bienne)

Brewer's Cinquefoil: Potentilla breweri (Synonyms: Potentilla breweri var. breweri, Potentilla breweri var. expansa, Potentilla drummondii ssp. breweri, Potentilla drummondii var. breweri)

Bruce's Cinquefoil, Drummond's Cinquefoil: Potentilla bruceae (Synonyms: Potentilla anomalifolia, Potentilla breweri var. bruceae, Potentilla drummondii, Potentilla drummondii ssp. bruceae, Potentilla drummondii var. bruceae)

Drummond's Cinquefoil: Potentilla drummondii (Synonym: Potentilla anomalofolia, Potentilla cascadensis, Potentilla drummondii ssp. drummondii, Potentilla dissecta var. drummondii, Potentilla drummondii var. cascadensis)

Fan-leaf Cinquefoil, Fanfoil, Fan-foil, Fringe-leaf Cinquefoil, High Mountain Cinquefoil: Potentilla flabellifolia (Synonym: Potentilla gelida)

Different-leaved Cinquefoil, Diverse-leaved Cinquefoil, Mountain Meadow Cinquefoil, Varileaf Cinquefoil, Varied-leaf Cinquefoil: Potentilla glaucophylla var. glaucophylla (Synonyms: Potentilla diversifolia, Potentilla diversifolia var. diversifolia, Potentilla diversifolia ssp. glaucophylla, Potentilla diversifolia var. glaucophylla, Potentilla glaucophylla)

Elmer's Cinquefoil: Potentilla gracilis var. elmeri

Slender Cinquefoil, Graceful Cinquefoil: Potentilla gracilis var. fastigiata (Synonyms: Potentilla amadorensis, Potentilla angustata, Potentilla blaschkeana, Potentilla blaschkeana var. blaschkeana, Potentilla blasckeana, Potentilla blasckeana var. permollis, Potentilla etomentosa, Potentilla etomentosa var. hallii, Potentilla fastigiata, Potentilla glomerata, Potentila gracilis ssp. nuttallii, Potentilla gracilis var. blasckeana, Potentilla gracilis var. brunnescens, Potentilla gracilis var. glabrata, Potentilla gracilis var. nuttallii, Potentilla gracilis var. permollis, Potentilla gracilis var. rigida, Potentilla hallii, Potentilla hassei, Potentilla indiges, Potentilla jucunda, Potentilla nuttallii, Potentilla permollis, Potentilla rectiformis, Potentilla viridescens)

Fan-shaped Cinquefoil, Fan-leaved Cinquefoil, Idaho Cinquefoil, Slender Cinquefoil: Potentilla gracilis var. flabelliformis (Synonym: Potentilla flabelliformis)

Five-finger Cinquefoil, Graceful Cinquefoil, Slender Cinquefoil: Potentilla gracilis var. gracilis (Synonyms: Potentilla longipeduncluata, Potentilla macropetala)

Beautiful Cinquefoil: Potentilla gracilis var. pulcherrima (Synonym: Potentilla camporum)

Subarctic Cinquefoil: Potentilla hyparctica ssp. elatior (Synonyms: Potentilla emarginata, Potentilla flabellifolia var. emarginata, Potentilla hyparctic var. elatior)

Cutleaf Cinquefoil, Klamath Cinquefoil, Many-leaved Cinquefoil: Potentilla millefolia (Synonyms: Potentilla klamathensis, Potentilla millefolia var. klamathensis, Potentilla versicolor)

Fiveleaf Cinquefoil, Five-leaved Cinquefoil, Owyhee Cinquefoil, Snow Cinquefoil: Potentilla nivea (Synonyms: Potentilla altaica, Potentilla gracilis var. owyheensis, Potentilla nivea ssp. chionodes, Potentilla nivea var. macrophylla, Potentilla nivea var. pentaphylla, Potentilla nivea ssp. subquinata, Potentilla nivea var. subquinata, Potentilla quinquefolia)

Norwegian Cinquefoil, Rough Cinquefoil: Potentilla norvegica (Synonyms: Potentilla monspeliensis, Potentilla norvegica ssp. hirsuta, Potentilla norvegica ssp. monspeliensis, Potentilla norvegica var. hirsuta, Potentilla norvegica var. labradorica)

Erect Cinquefoil, Sulphur Cinquefoil: Potentilla recta (Synonyms: Hypargyrium rectum, Potentilla recta var. obscura, Potentilla recta var. pilosa, Potentilla recta var. sulphurea, Potentilla sulphurea)

Brook Cinquefoil, Streambank Cinquefoil: Potentilla rivalis (Synonyms: Potentilla leucocarpa, Potentilla millegrana, Potentilla pentandra, Potentilla rivalis var. millegrana, Potentilla rivalis var. pentandra, Potentilla rivalis var. rivalis, Tridophyllum rivale)

Bushy Cinquefoil: Potentilla supina ssp. paradoxa (Synonym: Potentilla nicolletii, Potentilla paradoxa, Potentilla supina var. nicoletti, Potentilla supina var. paradoxa, Tridophyllum nicollettii)

Northern Cinquefoil, Villous Cinquefoil: Potentilla villosa (Synonyms: Potentilla fragiformis var. villosa, Potentilla grandiflora var. villosa, Potentilla nivea var. villosa, Potentilla villosa var. parviflora, Potentilla villosula)


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