species 71 observations
Feather Cinquefoil
Potentilla millefolia
Field notes
Potentilla millefolia is a species of cinquefoil known by the common names cutleaf cinquefoil and feather cinquefoil. It is native to Oregon, Nevada and eastern California, where it grows in moist mountain meadows and similar habitat. The plant produces a basal rosette from a taproot, then a decumbent stem up to about 20 centimeters in maximum length. The elongated leaves are made up of several overlapping pairs of deeply lobed leaflets. The inflorescence at the tip of the stem is a cyme of a few flowers, each with usually five yellow petals under a centimeter long.
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Caterpillars
Moths and butterflies raised on it


Two-banded Checkered-Skipper, Western Sheep Moth, Orange Tortrix Moth, Strawberry Crown Moth
5
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Specialist bees
Bees whose young are raised on the pollen of it
Cinquefoil Masked Bee
1
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Plant eaters
Animals that feed on it



Greater White-fronted Goose, Ruffed Grouse, Pine Grosbeak, Lapland Longspur
5
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Flower visitors
Pollinators and other flower visitors



Yellow-faced Bumble Bee, Fuzzy-Horned Bumble Bee, Common Ringlet, Red-belted Bumble Bee
22
Range
Greener is more native, amber more introduced; paler is less certain. How this was decided
Key traits
- Layer
- Herbaceous plants
- Plant type
- Perennial Wildflower
From USDA PLANTS.