[Cinquefoils: The Genera Comarum, Dasiphora, Drymocallis and Potentilla in the Cascade Mountains of Oregon and Washington]

Fan-leaf Cinquefoil, Fanfoil, Fan-foil, Fringe-leaf Cinquefoil, High Mountain Cinquefoil

Potentilla flabellifolia

Synonym: Potentilla gelida

Fan-leaf Cinquefoil, Fanfoil, Fan-foil, Fringe-leaf Cinquefoil, High Mountain Cinquefoil: Potentilla flabellifolia (Synonym: Potentilla gelida)

Fanleaf cinquefoil as seen at about 5800' in moist meadows just north of the South Fork Conrad Creek along an old pack trail that eventually travels north to the North Fork Conrad Creek and eventually to the Devils Horn, Goat Rocks Wilderness.........July22, 2016.

Fan-leaf Cinquefoil, Fanfoil, Fan-foil, Fringe-leaf Cinquefoil, High Mountain Cinquefoil: Potentilla flabellifolia (Synonym: Potentilla gelida) - Fan-leaf Cinquefoil, Fanfoil, Fan-foil, Fringe-leaf Cinquefoil, High Mountain Cinquefoil: Potentilla flabellifolia (Synonym: Potentilla gelida)

Fanleaf cinquefoil as seen in moist meadows near the Timberline Trail at Mount Hood Meadows Ski Resort............July 4, 2021.

Fan-leaf Cinquefoil, Fanfoil, Fan-foil, Fringe-leaf Cinquefoil, High Mountain Cinquefoil: Potentilla flabellifolia (Synonym: Potentilla gelida) - Fan-leaf Cinquefoil, Fanfoil, Fan-foil, Fringe-leaf Cinquefoil, High Mountain Cinquefoil: Potentilla flabellifolia (Synonym: Potentilla gelida)

Fanleaf cinquefoil as seen in moist meadows near the Timberline Trail at Mount Hood Meadows Ski Resort............July 6, 2013.

Fan-leaf Cinquefoil, Fanfoil, Fan-foil, Fringe-leaf Cinquefoil, High Mountain Cinquefoil: Potentilla flabellifolia (Synonym: Potentilla gelida) - Fan-leaf Cinquefoil, Fanfoil, Fan-foil, Fringe-leaf Cinquefoil, High Mountain Cinquefoil: Potentilla flabellifolia (Synonym: Potentilla gelida)

Fanleaf cinquefoil as seen at left blooming in meadows along the ski runs at Mount Hood Meadows Ski Resort............July 19, 2017. The image at right shows fanleaf cinquefoil blooming in the meadows of High Prairie, Badger Creek Wilderness....July 3, 2024.

Flower of Fan-leaf Cinquefoil, Fanfoil, Fan-foil, Fringe-leaf Cinquefoil, High Mountain Cinquefoil: Potentilla flabellifolia (Synonym: Potentilla gelida) - Fan-leaf Cinquefoil, Fanfoil, Fan-foil, Fringe-leaf Cinquefoil, High Mountain Cinquefoil: Potentilla flabellifolia (Synonym: Potentilla gelida)

The photo at left shows a close-up of the flower of fanleaf cinquefoil as seen in moist soils at Bird Creek Meadows.........July 16, 2006. Note the shallow notches in the tips of each petal. The photo at right shows fanleaf cinquefoil as seen at about 5800' in moist meadows along the Highline Trail #114 just below (northwest of) Foggy Flats on the northern slopes of Mt. Adams.......July 11, 2005.

Fan-leaf Cinquefoil, Fanfoil, Fan-foil, Fringe-leaf Cinquefoil, High Mountain Cinquefoil: Potentilla flabellifolia (Synonym: Potentilla gelida) - Fan-leaf Cinquefoil, Fanfoil, Fan-foil, Fringe-leaf Cinquefoil, High Mountain Cinquefoil: Potentilla flabellifolia (Synonym: Potentilla gelida)

Two additional views of fanleaf cinquefoil as seen in moist meadows along the climber's trail to Mazama Glacier on the southeastern slopes of Mt. Adams.........July 19, 2009.

Fan-leaf Cinquefoil, Fanfoil, Fan-foil, Fringe-leaf Cinquefoil, High Mountain Cinquefoil: Potentilla flabellifolia (Synonym: Potentilla gelida) - Fan-leaf Cinquefoil, Fanfoil, Fan-foil, Fringe-leaf Cinquefoil, High Mountain Cinquefoil: Potentilla flabellifolia (Synonym: Potentilla gelida)

Fanleaf cinquefoil beginning to bloom at left in the meadows at the trailhead for Lookout Mountain in High Prairie, Mount Hood National Forest...........June 21, 2014. The photo at right shows fan-leaf cinquefoil blooming in vernally moist meadows at High Prairie, Badger Creek Wilderness.....June 29, 2023.

Paul Slichter