[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
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.
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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.
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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).
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.
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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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.
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