Cinquefoil

''Potentilla gracilis'', known as slender cinquefoil or graceful cinquefoil, is a species of cinquefoil.

Named varieties are:
* ''Potentilla gracilis'' var. ''elmeri'' Jeps. – combleaf cinquefoil
* ''Potentilla gracilis'' var. ''flabelliformis'' Nutt.

This perennial herb is variable in morphology, growing erect stems up to a meter tall from a branching caudex and rhizome unit. The leaves are palmate and compound, each divided into five to seven wide lance-shaped.. more