Burke: Potentilla glaucophylla

	Potentilla glaucophylla
	blueleaf cinquefoil, different-leaved cinquefoil, diverse-leaved cinquefoil, vari-leaved cinquefoil
Habit	Plants 10-40 cm. tall, stems several from a branched caudex; plants cespitose, not rhizomatous.
Leaves	Leaves mostly basal, palmately or pinnately divided, the blades with 5 main leaflets and 1-2 remote, reduced, entire leaflets; main leaflets triangular-toothed to deeply dissected into narrowly oblong segments, usually silky-gray on the lower surface; cauline leaves 1-2, reduced; stipules 1-2 cm. long.
Flowers	Inflorescence open, many-flowered; calyx saucer-shaped, silky, up to 1.5 cm. wide in fruit, the 5 lobes triangular-lanceolate, 4-6 mm. long, alternating with linear, shorter bracteoles; petals 5, yellow, obcordate, 6-9 mm. long; stamens 20; pistils numerous, style slender, equaling the fruit and attached just below the tip.
Fruit	Achene 1.3-1.6 mm. long, weakly net-veined.

	Potentilla glaucophylla
Flowering time	June-August
Habitat	Moist subalpine and alpine meadows, and along stream banks in high mountain forests.
Distribution	Occurring on both sides of the Cascades crest and in the Olympic Mountains in Washington; Alaska to California, east to the Rocky Mountains. [WildflowerSearch map] [BONAP county map]
Origin	Native
Conservation status	Sensitive in Washington (WANHP)
Sibling taxa	P. anserina, P. argentea, P. biennis, P. breweri, P. drummondii, P. flabellifolia, P. gracilis, P. hyparctica, P. jepsonii, P. newberryi, P. nivea, P. norvegica, P. pensylvanica, P. recta, P. rivalis, P. supina, P. villosa
Web links	Local floras: OR, WA Local Web sites: Flora NW, PNW Herbaria WildflowerSearch iNaturalist (observations) USDA Plants Database LBJ Wildflower Center SEINet Plants of the World Online Encyclopedia of Life Wikipedia Google Image Search

Potentilla glaucophylla

blueleaf cinquefoil, different-leaved cinquefoil, diverse-leaved cinquefoil, vari-leaved cinquefoil

Habit

Plants 10-40 cm. tall, stems several from a branched caudex; plants cespitose, not rhizomatous.

Leaves

Leaves mostly basal, palmately or pinnately divided, the blades with 5 main leaflets and 1-2 remote, reduced, entire leaflets; main leaflets triangular-toothed to deeply dissected into narrowly oblong segments, usually silky-gray on the lower surface;

cauline leaves 1-2, reduced;

stipules 1-2 cm. long.

Flowers

Inflorescence open, many-flowered;

calyx saucer-shaped, silky, up to 1.5 cm. wide in fruit, the 5 lobes triangular-lanceolate, 4-6 mm. long, alternating with linear, shorter bracteoles;

petals 5, yellow, obcordate, 6-9 mm. long;

stamens 20;

pistils numerous, style slender, equaling the fruit and attached just below the tip.

Fruit

Achene 1.3-1.6 mm. long, weakly net-veined.