[The Rose Family in Denali National Park and Preserve]

Arctic Cinquefoil

Potentilla nana

Synonyms: Potentilla emarginata, Potentilla flabellifolia var. emarginata, Potentilla hyparctica, Potentilla hyparctica ssp. nana, Potentila hyparctica var. elatior

Arctic Cinquefoil: Potentilla nana (Synonyms: Potentilla emarginata, Potentilla flabellifolia var. emarginata, Potentilla hyparctica, Potentilla hyparctica ssp. nana, Potentila hyparctica var. elatior)

Arctic cinquefoil blooming on Mount Galen, Denali National Park and Preserve............June 21, 2012.

Arctic Cinquefoil: Potentilla nana (Synonyms: Potentilla emarginata, Potentilla flabellifolia var. emarginata, Potentilla hyparctica, Potentilla hyparctica ssp. nana, Potentila hyparctica var. elatior) - Arctic Cinquefoil: Potentilla nana (Synonyms: Potentilla emarginata, Potentilla flabellifolia var. emarginata, Potentilla hyparctica, Potentilla hyparctica ssp. nana, Potentila hyparctica var. elatior) - Trifoliate leaf of Arctic Cinquefoil: Potentilla nana (Synonyms: Potentilla emarginata, Potentilla flabellifolia var. emarginata, Potentilla hyparctica, Potentilla hyparctica ssp. nana, Potentila hyparctica var. elatior)

Arctic Cinquefoil: Potentilla nana (Synonyms: Potentilla emarginata, Potentilla flabellifolia var. emarginata, Potentilla hyparctica, Potentilla hyparctica ssp. nana, Potentila hyparctica var. elatior)

Arctic cinquefoil blooming on Mount Galen, Denali National Park and Preserve............June 21, 2012.

Arctic Cinquefoil: Potentilla nana (Synonyms: Potentilla emarginata, Potentilla flabellifolia var. emarginata, Potentilla hyparctica, Potentilla hyparctica ssp. nana, Potentila hyparctica var. elatior)

Arctic cinquefoil from atop Gravel Mt., Denali National Park............June 26, 2002.

Arctic Cinquefoil: Potentilla nana (Synonyms: Potentilla emarginata, Potentilla flabellifolia var. emarginata, Potentilla hyparctica, Potentilla hyparctica ssp. nana, Potentila hyparctica var. elatior)
A close-up of the flower of Arctic cinquefoil from atop Gravel Mt., Denali National Park............June 26, 2002.

Basal leaves of Arctic Cinquefoil: Potentilla nana (Synonyms: Potentilla emarginata, Potentilla flabellifolia var. emarginata, Potentilla hyparctica, Potentilla hyparctica ssp. nana, Potentila hyparctica var. elatior)
A close-up of the leaf of Arctic cinquefoil from atop Gravel Mt., Denali National Park............June 26, 2002.

Paul Slichter