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

Gland Cinquefoil, Sticky Cinquefoil

Drymocallis glandulosa var. glandulosa

Synonyms: Drymocallis glandulosa, Potentilla glandulosa ssp. glandulosa, Potentilla glandulosa ssp. typica, Potentilla glandulosa var. glandulosa, Potentilla glandulosa var. incisa, Potentilla glandulosa ssp. typica, Potentilla rhomboidea, Potentilla valida

Close-up of the flower of Sticky Cinquefoil: Drymocallis glandulosa var. glandulosa (Synonyms: Drymocallis glandulosa, Potentilla glandulosa ssp. glandulosa, Potentilla glandulosa ssp. typica, Potentilla glandulosa var. glandulosa, Potentilla glandulosa var. incisa, Potentilla glandulosa ssp. typica, Potentilla rhomboidea, Potentilla valida) - Inflorescence of Sticky Cinquefoil: Drymocallis glandulosa var. glandulosa (Synonyms: Drymocallis glandulosa, Potentilla glandulosa ssp. glandulosa, Potentilla glandulosa ssp. typica, Potentilla glandulosa var. glandulosa, Potentilla glandulosa var. incisa, Potentilla glandulosa ssp. typica, Potentilla rhomboidea, Potentilla valida)

The photo at left shows the large leafy bracts, flower buds and flower of sticky cinquefoil as seen at a DNR rock quarry abreast the ridgetop between the Dairy Creek and Cougar Creek drainages.........May 29, 2005. Note that the petals are shorter than to equal to the sepals in length. The photo at right shows sticky cinquefoil as seen along the Little Naches River Road, Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest......June 9, 2019.

Flowers and leafy bracts of Sticky Cinquefoil: Drymocallis glandulosa var. glandulosa (Synonyms: Drymocallis glandulosa, Potentilla glandulosa ssp. glandulosa, Potentilla glandulosa ssp. typica, Potentilla glandulosa var. glandulosa, Potentilla glandulosa var. incisa, Potentilla glandulosa ssp. typica, Potentilla rhomboidea, Potentilla valida)

The photo above shows the large leafy bracts, flower buds and flower of sticky cinquefoil as seen at a DNR rock quarry abreast the ridgetop between the Dairy Creek and Cougar Creek drainages........May 29, 2005. Note that the petals are shorter than to equal to the sepals in length and they are also ascending to erect.


Inflorescence of Sticky Cinquefoil: Drymocallis glandulosa var. glandulosa (Synonyms: Drymocallis glandulosa, Potentilla glandulosa ssp. glandulosa, Potentilla glandulosa ssp. typica, Potentilla glandulosa var. glandulosa, Potentilla glandulosa var. incisa, Potentilla glandulosa ssp. typica, Potentilla rhomboidea, Potentilla valida) - Sticky Cinquefoil: Drymocallis glandulosa var. glandulosa (Synonyms: Drymocallis glandulosa, Potentilla glandulosa ssp. glandulosa, Potentilla glandulosa ssp. typica, Potentilla glandulosa var. glandulosa, Potentilla glandulosa var. incisa, Potentilla glandulosa ssp. typica, Potentilla rhomboidea, Potentilla valida)

Sticky cinquefoil as seen in the parking area for the Fish Lake Interpretive Day Use Area, Willamette National Forest.........June 25, 2018.

Close-up of the sepals of Sticky Cinquefoil: Drymocallis glandulosa var. glandulosa (Synonyms: Drymocallis glandulosa, Potentilla glandulosa ssp. glandulosa, Potentilla glandulosa ssp. typica, Potentilla glandulosa var. glandulosa, Potentilla glandulosa var. incisa, Potentilla glandulosa ssp. typica, Potentilla rhomboidea, Potentilla valida)

The photo above shows numerous, gland-tipped hairs on the outer surface of the calyx of sticky cinquefoil as seen at a DNR rock quarry abreast the ridgetop between the Dairy Creek and Cougar Creek drainages.........May 29, 2005.


Sticky Cinquefoil: Drymocallis glandulosa var. glandulosa (Synonyms: Drymocallis glandulosa, Potentilla glandulosa ssp. glandulosa, Potentilla glandulosa ssp. typica, Potentilla glandulosa var. glandulosa, Potentilla glandulosa var. incisa, Potentilla glandulosa ssp. typica, Potentilla rhomboidea, Potentilla valida)

This photo shows a close-up of the flower of sticky cinquefoil (var. glandulosa). Note the light yellow petals which are generally shorter than the sepals. Photographed in the King Mountain Rock Garden RNA of the Umpqua National Forest........June 25, 2005.

Sticky Cinquefoil: Drymocallis glandulosa var. glandulosa (Synonyms: Drymocallis glandulosa, Potentilla glandulosa ssp. glandulosa, Potentilla glandulosa ssp. typica, Potentilla glandulosa var. glandulosa, Potentilla glandulosa var. incisa, Potentilla glandulosa ssp. typica, Potentilla rhomboidea, Potentilla valida)

Sticky cinquefoil (var. glandulosa) observed along the Lowder Mountain Trail #3329, Three Sisters Wilderness......June 23, 2018.

Sticky Cinquefoil: Drymocallis glandulosa var. glandulosa (Synonyms: Drymocallis glandulosa, Potentilla glandulosa ssp. glandulosa, Potentilla glandulosa ssp. typica, Potentilla glandulosa var. glandulosa, Potentilla glandulosa var. incisa, Potentilla glandulosa ssp. typica, Potentilla rhomboidea, Potentilla valida) - Sticky Cinquefoil: Drymocallis glandulosa var. glandulosa (Synonyms: Drymocallis glandulosa, Potentilla glandulosa ssp. glandulosa, Potentilla glandulosa ssp. typica, Potentilla glandulosa var. glandulosa, Potentilla glandulosa var. incisa, Potentilla glandulosa ssp. typica, Potentilla rhomboidea, Potentilla valida)

This photo at left shows sticky cinquefoil (var. glandulosa). Note that on most of the flowers, the petals are ascending rather than flattened onto the sepals. Photographed in the King Mountain Rock Garden RNA of the Umpqua National Forest.........June 25, 2005. The photo at rigth shows sticky cinquefoil in bloom atop Monte Cristo, Gifford Pinchot National Forest......June 18, 2021.

Paul Slichter