[Potentilla gracilis] -- [Cinquefoils: The Genera Comarum, Dasiphora, Drymocallis and Potentilla East of the Cascade Mountains of Oregon and Washington]
Combleaf Cinquefoil, Elmer's Cinquefoil
Potentilla gracilis var. elmeri
Synonym: Potentilla pectinisecta
![Inflorescence of Combleaf Cinquefoil, Elmer's Cinquefoil: Potentilla gracilis var. elmeri (Synonym: Potentilla pectinisecta)](elmeri1c.jpg)
Close-up of the inflorescence of Elmer's cinquefoil as seen along Bear Creek adjacent to Forest Service Road 1640, Malheur National Forest.........July 1, 2010.
- ![Combleaf Cinquefoil, Elmer's Cinquefoil: Potentilla gracilis var. elmeri (Synonym: Potentilla pectinisecta)](elmeri1b.jpg)
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- ![Upper leaf surface of Combleaf Cinquefoil, Elmer's Cinquefoil: Potentilla gracilis var. elmeri (Synonym: Potentilla pectinisecta)](elmeri1e.jpg)
Additional cloe-up photos of Elmer's cinquefoil as seen along Bear Creek adjacent to Forest Service Road 1640, Malheur National Forest..........July 1, 2010.
- ![Combleaf Cinquefoil, Elmer's Cinquefoil: Potentilla gracilis var. elmeri (Synonym: Potentilla pectinisecta)](elmeri7a.jpg)
Elmer's cinquefoil blooming along a creek in Summit Prairie, Malheur National Forest.........August 2, 2011 (left) and near the same location on May 28, 2014 (right).
![Combleaf Cinquefoil, Elmer's Cinquefoil: Potentilla gracilis var. elmeri (Synonym: Potentilla pectinisecta)](elmeri2b.jpg)
The photo above shows Elmer's cinquefoil on Zumwalt Prairie to the northeast of Enterprise, OR........July 9, 2007. Note the silver-gray coloration of on both the upper and lower leaf surfaces.
![Combleaf Cinquefoil, Elmer's Cinquefoil: Potentilla gracilis var. elmeri (Synonym: Potentilla pectinisecta)](elmeri07-18-2010a.jpg)
Elmer's cinquefoil as seen along Forest Service Road #16 in Logan Valley, Malheur National Forest........July 18, 2010. Many of the plants at this location are intermediate in appearance between this variety and var. flabelliformis.
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- ![Lower leaf surface of Combleaf Cinquefoil, Elmer's Cinquefoil: Potentilla gracilis var. elmeri (Synonym: Potentilla pectinisecta)](elmeri07-18-2010d.jpg)
Additional close-up photos of the upper leaf surface (left), inflorescence (center) and lower leaf surface of elmer's cinquefoil as seen along Forest Service Road #16 in Logan Valley, Malheur National Forest..........July 18, 2010.
![Ventral leaf surface of Combleaf Cinquefoil, Elmer's Cinquefoil: Potentilla gracilis var. elmeri (Synonym: Potentilla pectinisecta)](elmeri2a.jpg)
The photo above shows the underside of a leaf of Elmer's cinquefoil on Zumwalt Prairie to the northeast of Enterprise, OR..........July 9, 2007.
Paul Slichter