Potentilla versicolor

Potentilla versicolor
Potentilla versicolor in the Steens Mountain Wilderness

Vulnerable  (NatureServe)[1]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Rosales
Family: Rosaceae
Genus: Potentilla
Species:
P. versicolor
Binomial name
Potentilla versicolor
Rydberg

Potentilla versicolor is a species of Potentilla known by the common name Steens Mountain cinquefoil or varying cinquefoil.

It is native to western North America, with populations scattered from the Ruby Mountains of northern Nevada north to the Wallowa and Blue Mountains of northeast Oregon and west to the Oregon Cascades. The largest population center is on Steens Mountain, whence its common name.[2]

  1. ^ NatureServe Explorer: https://explorer.natureserve.org/Taxon/ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.1040125/Potentilla_versicolor
  2. ^ Ertter, Barbara (2015). "Potentilla versicolor". In Flora of North America Editorial Committee (ed.). Flora of North America North of Mexico. Vol. 9. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0195340297. Archived from the original on 2024-01-26. Retrieved 2024-01-26.