Bloom Native gardener's
field companion

Explore

Field report Layers Search
Log in Sign up
  1. Life
  2. Plants
  3. Vascular Plants
  4. Dicots
  5. Roses, Elms, Figs, and Allies
  6. Rose Family
  7. Cinquefoils
  8. Brook Cinquefoil

species 175 observations

Brook Cinquefoil

Potentilla rivalis

Status
native
Bees
1 specialist raised on its pollen
Traits
Where
In the US
Source
iNaturalist

Field notes

Supports All

58 native animals
supported in the US
  • Caterpillars Moths and butterflies raised on it Two-banded Checkered-Skipper, Green Cloverworm Moth, Western Sheep Moth, Strawberry Leafroller Moth 8
  • Specialist bees Bees whose young are raised on the pollen of it Cinquefoil Masked Bee 1
  • Hosted animals Gall makers, leaf miners and other animals living on or in it Diastrophus potentillae 1
  • Plant eaters Animals that feed on it Greater White-fronted Goose, Ruffed Grouse, Brown Bear, Snow Bunting 10
  • Flower visitors Pollinators and other flower visitors Colorado Black-notched Bumble Bee, Tricolored Bumble Bee, Yellow-faced Bumble Bee, Common Eastern Bumble Bee 38

Range

United States

Greener is more native, amber more introduced; paler is less certain. How this was decided

Key traits

Layer
Herbaceous plants
Plant type
Annual Wildflower

From USDA PLANTS.

We can't find the internet

Attempting to reconnect

Something went wrong!

Attempting to reconnect