[The Rose Family in Denali National Park and Preserve]
Hooker's Cinquefoil
Potentilla hookeriana
This taxa may have been changed to Rocky Mountain Cinquefoil: Potentilla rubricaulis (Synonyms: Potentilla concinna var. modesta, Potentilla modesta, Potentilla paucijuga, Potentilla pensylvanica var. paucijuga, Potentilla pensylvanica var. virgulata, Potentilla rubricaulis var. dasyphylla, Potentilla rubricaulis var. pedersenii, Potentilla saximontana, Potentilla virgulata)
Hooker's cinquefoil from atop Camp Ridge, above Camp Denali............June
22, 2002.
A close-up of the flower of Hooker's cinquefoil from atop Camp
Ridge, above Camp Denali............June 22, 2002.
A close-up of the leaf of Hooker's cinquefoil from atop Camp
Ridge, above Camp Denali............June 22, 2002. Note the silvery hairs which
give the leaf a frosted appearance.
Paul Slichter
