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Douglas Houck | profile | all galleries >> Flora >> Wild Flowers >> Wildflowers of Washington State >> Dasiphora fruticosa tree view | thumbnails | slideshow | map

Dasiphora fruticosa

Common Name: Shrubby Cinquefoil, Bush Cinquefoil, Tundra Rose
SYN: Potentilla fruticosa, Dasiphora floribunda

USDA lists one sub-species (ssp. floribunda); ITIS lists none.

Note low growing, clump of woody shrub, leaves are linear to oval with pointed tip,
small (< 1 inch) leaves covered with short hairs. Has 5 rounded to oval yellow petals
with multiple stamens. Found at high elevations on open, sunny rocky slopes.

North Cascades; Olympics
TRAIL: Slate Peak (FS 5400); Mt. Townsend
HABITAT: Open rocky slope
ELEVATION: 1,745 - 2,235 m (5,725 - 7,330 ft.)
BLOOM TIME: 13-Sep; 15-JUN
Dasiphora fruticosa
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Dasiphora fruticosa
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