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

Nevada Cinquefoil, Sticky Cinquefoil

Drymocallis lactea var. lactea

Synonyms: Potentilla glandulosa ssp. nevadensis, Potentilla glandulosa var. nevadensis, Potentilla pumila

Portion of the inflorescence of Nevada Cinquefoil: Drymocallis lactea var. lactea (Synonyms: Potentilla glandulosa ssp. nevadensis, Potentilla glandulosa var. nevadensis, Potentilla pumila)

A close-up of a portion of the inflorescence of may be Nevada cinquefoil as seen near 7500' at the trailhead for Bullrun Rock, Monument Rock Wilderness........August 3, 2011.

Close-up of a flower of Nevada Cinquefoil: Drymocallis lactea var. lactea (Synonyms: Potentilla glandulosa ssp. nevadensis, Potentilla glandulosa var. nevadensis, Potentilla pumila) - Portion of the inflorescence of Nevada Cinquefoil: Drymocallis lactea var. lactea (Synonyms: Potentilla glandulosa ssp. nevadensis, Potentilla glandulosa var. nevadensis, Potentilla pumila)

Nevada Cinquefoil: Drymocallis lactea var. lactea (Synonyms: Potentilla glandulosa ssp. nevadensis, Potentilla glandulosa var. nevadensis, Potentilla pumila) - Nevada Cinquefoil: Drymocallis lactea var. lactea (Synonyms: Potentilla glandulosa ssp. nevadensis, Potentilla glandulosa var. nevadensis, Potentilla pumila)

A close-up of a portion of the inflorescence of may be Nevada cinquefoil as seen near 7500' at the trailhead for Bullrun Rock, Monument Rock Wilderness........August 3, 2011. Note the canary yellow petals which are more than 1 mm longer than the subtending sepals.

Nevada Cinquefoil: Drymocallis lactea var. lactea (Synonyms: Potentilla glandulosa ssp. nevadensis, Potentilla glandulosa var. nevadensis, Potentilla pumila) - Nevada Cinquefoil: Drymocallis lactea var. lactea (Synonyms: Potentilla glandulosa ssp. nevadensis, Potentilla glandulosa var. nevadensis, Potentilla pumila)

Close-up of a flower of Nevada Cinquefoil: Drymocallis lactea var. lactea (Synonyms: Potentilla glandulosa ssp. nevadensis, Potentilla glandulosa var. nevadensis, Potentilla pumila) - Close-up of the sepals of Nevada Cinquefoil: Drymocallis lactea var. lactea (Synonyms: Potentilla glandulosa ssp. nevadensis, Potentilla glandulosa var. nevadensis, Potentilla pumila)

Examples of Nevada cinquefoil as seen on Strawberry Mountain, Strawberry Mountain Wilderness........August 19, 2011. Note the long spreading hairs, many of which are gland-tipped. Note also the spreading petals and sepals, with the petals much longer than the sepals and the canary-yellow color of the petals. The inflorescence is not leafy bracteate. The photo at upper right was taken on the south side of Strawberry Mountain on August 3, 2011.

Leaf of Nevada Cinquefoil: Drymocallis lactea var. lactea (Synonyms: Potentilla glandulosa ssp. nevadensis, Potentilla glandulosa var. nevadensis, Potentilla pumila) - Nevada Cinquefoil: Drymocallis lactea var. lactea (Synonyms: Potentilla glandulosa ssp. nevadensis, Potentilla glandulosa var. nevadensis, Potentilla pumila) - Close-up details of a stem of Nevada Cinquefoil: Drymocallis lactea var. lactea (Synonyms: Potentilla glandulosa ssp. nevadensis, Potentilla glandulosa var. nevadensis, Potentilla pumila)

Close-up details of nevada cinquefoil as seen on slopes above the eastern bank of the John Day River about three miles downstream of Oregon Highway 206 in Cottonwood Canyon State Park and adjacent BLM lands.........April 9, 2016.

Nevada Cinquefoil: Drymocallis lactea var. lactea (Synonyms: Potentilla glandulosa ssp. nevadensis, Potentilla glandulosa var. nevadensis, Potentilla pumila) - Inflorescence of Nevada Cinquefoil: Drymocallis lactea var. lactea (Synonyms: Potentilla glandulosa ssp. nevadensis, Potentilla glandulosa var. nevadensis, Potentilla pumila)

Nevada cinquefoil blooming at the eastern edge of vernally moist meadows west of FS Road #4215 in Antler Prairie, Ochoco National Forest...........May 27, 2016.

Nevada Cinquefoil: Drymocallis lactea var. lactea (Synonyms: Potentilla glandulosa ssp. nevadensis, Potentilla glandulosa var. nevadensis, Potentilla pumila)

Nevada cinquefoil as seen along the upper portion of the steep trail from the Steens Mountain summit downhill to Wildhorse Lake, Harney County, Oregon...........July 10, 2014.

Paul Slichter