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)
Shrubby Cinquefoil: Dasiphora fruticosa (Synonyms: Dasiphora floribunda, Pentaphylloides fruticosa, Potentilla fruticosa) - A prostrate to erect shrub often used for landscaping. The leaves are pinnately compound with 5 narrowly elliptical leaflets from 1-2 cm long. The leaflets are covered with silky hairs. The flowers are showy and bright yellow, measuring up to 2.5 cm across.
Ashland Cinquefoil: Drymocallis ashlandica (Synonyms: Potentilla ashlandica, Potentilla glandulosa, Potentilla glandulosa ssp. ashlandica) -
Cordilleran Drymocallis, Sharp-toothed 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: Drymocallis glabrata (Synonyms: Drymocallis glandulosa ssp. glabrata, Potentilla glandulosa, Potentilla glandulosa ssp. glabrata, Potentilla glandulosa var. incisa, Potentilla glandulosa var. intermedia) -
Gland Cinquefoil, Greene's Drymocallis, Sticky Cinquefoil: Drymocallis glandulosa var. glandulosa (Synonyms: Drymocallis glandulosa ssp. glandulosa, Drymocallis glandulosa ssp. typica, Potentilla glandulosa var. glandulosa, Potentilla valida) -
Montana Sticky Cinquefoil, Sticky Cinquefoil: Drymocallis glandulosa var. reflexa (Synonyms: Potentilla glandulosa ssp. reflexa, Potentilla glandulosa var. reflexa, Potentilla reflexa)
Coast Cinquefoil: Potentilla glandulosa var. wrangelliana (Synonyms: Drymocallis wrangelliana, Potentilla glandulosa var. glandulosa, Potentilla wrangelliana)
Nevada 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 glandulosa var. pseudorupestris, Drymocallis pseudorupestris, Potentilla glandulosa, Potentilla glandulosa ssp. pseudorupestris, Potentilla glandulosa var. pseudorupestris) -
Sticky Cinquefoil: Drymocallis rhomboidea (Synonyms: Potentilla glandulosa, Potentilla glandulosa ssp. globosa, Potentilla rhomboidea) -
English Cinquefoil, Trailing Tormentil: Potentilla anglica
Common Silverweed, Silvery Cinquefoil: Potentilla anserina ssp. anserina (Synonyms: Argentina anserina var. concolor, Potentilla anserina var. anserina, Potentilla anserina var. concolor, Potentilla anserina var. sericea)
Common Silverweed, Pacific Silverweed, Silverweed Cinquefoil: Potentilla anserina ssp. pacifica (Synonym: Potentilla anserina var. grandis, Potentilla egedii ssp. grandis, Potentilla egedii var. grandis, Potentilla pacifica) - A grayish, silky-haired perennial which is somewhat strawberrylike. Typically prostrate with wide ranging stolons which root at the nodes. The leaves are basal, 10-30 cm long, and pinnately compound. The 15-25 leaflets are obovate to oblong in shape with sharply, coarsely toothed margins. Individual leaflets range from 1-3.5 cm long. The flowers are solitary at the nodes of the stolons or on naked stems from 3-10 cm long. The petals are yellow and 8-12 mm long The stamens number 20-25.
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, Gray Cinquefoil: Potentilla bruceae (Synonym: Potentilla anomalifolia, Potentilla drummondii ssp. bruceae, Potentilla subvillosa) -
Drummond's Cinquefoil: Potentilla drummondii (Synonyms: Potentila cascadensis, Potentilla dissecta var. drummondii, Potentilla drummondii ssp. drummondii, Potentilla drummondii var. cascadensis) - Leaves pinnately compound with 5-11 leaflets, the leaflets each sharply and deeply cut into 1-5 subunits. Height from 30-60 cm.
Fanfoil, Fan-foil, Fan-leaf Cinquefoil, Fringe-leaf Cinquefoil, High Mountain Cinquefoil: Potentilla flabellifolia - Plants of high altitude meadows. Leaves bright green with 3 wide leaflets on long petioles. Yellow petals longer than the sepals and have notches at the tip.
Different-leaved Cinquefoil, Diverse-leaved Cinquefoil, Mountain Meadow Cinquefoil, Varileaf Cinquefoil, Varied-leaf Cinquefoil: Potentilla glaucophylla var. glaucophylla (Synonyms: Potentilla xdiversifolia, Potentilla diversifolia, Potentilla diversifolia ssp. glaucophylla, Potentilla diversifolia ssp. ranunculus, Potentilla diversifolia var. diversifolia, Potentilla diversifolia var. glaucophylla, Potentilla diversifolia var. perdissecta, Potentilla diversifolia var. ranunculus, Potentilla glaucophylla, Potentilla glaucophylla var. perdissecta, Potentilla perdissecta) -
Elmer's Cinquefoil: Potentilla gracilis var. elmeri (Synonym: Potentilla pectinisecta) - Note: This is considered to be part of Potentilla gracilis var. flabelliformis in Washington.
Slender Cinquefoil: Potentilla gracilis var. fastigiata (Synonyms: Potentilla angustata, Potentilla blaschkeana, Potentilla blaschkeana var. blaschkeana, Potentilla etomentosa, Potentilla fastigiata, Potentilla glomerata, Potentilla gracilis var. blaschkeana, Potentilla gracilis var. brunnescens, Potentilla gracilis var. glabrata, Potentilla gracilis var. nuttallii, Potentilla gracilis ssp. nuttallii, Potentilla gracilis var. permollis, Potentilla indiges, Potentilla jucunda, Potentilla nuttallii, Potentilla nuttallii var. glabrata, Potentilla nuttallii var. nuttallii, Potentilla rectiformis) - Note: This is considered to be part of Potentilla gracilis var. gracilis in Washington (2022). Perennial herb from 30-60 cm high. Herbage varied, from green and nearly smooth to densely white haired. Leaves usually palmately compound (occasionally pinnately compound) with 5-7 leaflets which are 3-6 cm long. Leaflet margins are deeply toothed to incised deeply towards the midrib. Basal leaves have long petioles while the stem leaves are short stemmed. Flowers in cymes with 5 yellow petals which are roughly round to heart-shaped (notch in tip). Petals longer than the lanceolate sepals.
Five-finger Cinquefoil, Graceful Cinquefoil, Slender Cinquefoil: Potentilla gracilis var. gracilis (Synonym: Potentilla macropetala) -
Norwegian Cinquefoil, Rough Cinquefoil: Potentilla norvegica (Synonyms: Fragaria norvegica, Potentilla monspeliensis, Potentilla norvegica ssp. hirsuta, Potentilla norvegica ssp. monspeliensis, Potentilla norvegica var. hirsuta, Potentilla norvegica var. labradorica) - Perennial herb from 20-60 cm high with leaves mainly found on the stem. Leaves usually ternate (3 leaflets) with each 2-3 cm long and each obovate to narrower in shape. Leaflets coarsely toothed. Flowers in cymes. Petals often shorter than the sepals.
Erect Cinquefoil, Sulphur Cinquefoil: Potentilla recta (Synonyms: Hypargyrium rectum, Potentilla recta var. obscura, Potentilla recta var. pilosa, Potentilla recta var. sulphurea, Potentilla sulphurea) -
Creeping Cinquefoil: Potentilla reptans -
Brook Cinquefoil, River 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 (Synonyms: 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) -