Rosaceae
Potentilla gracilis var. gracilis
Potentilla gracilis var. gracilis var. gracilis
Also known as Potentilla gracilis var. ctenophora, Potentilla gracilis rigida, Potentilla gracilis var. longipedunculata, Potentilla digitatoflabellata
Flowering Plants · Native Plants · Native Perennial · Cinquefoil · Yellow Flowers · Wildflower · Pollinator · Rosaceae · Western North America · Part Shade · Meadow · Low Maintenance
Graceful cinquefoil is a native western North American perennial that thrives in part shade to full sun with average, consistently moist soil. It produces bright yellow five-petaled flowers through summer that are highly attractive to bees and butterflies. This easy-care plant is ideal for native gardens, meadow plantings, or naturalized borders with minimal upkeep needed.
Growing conditions
The details behind the basics
- Daily light
- 4 hours
- Watering
- Water moderately to keep soil evenly moist; avoid waterlogging · Every 7-10 days
- Maintenance
- Low
- Soil
- loam
- Soil pH
- 4–7.5
- Temperature
- -40°F to 95°F
- Cycle
- Perennial
Hardiness
USDA 3a-9b
Form & growth
Mature size and habit
- Mature height
- 12 in – 4 ft
- Spread
- 3 ft
- Spacing
- 18 in apart
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Root depth
- Medium
- Flowers
- Yellow
- Foliage
- Green · Medium
Ecology & origin
Where it belongs and what it brings
- Native to
- Alaska, British Columbia, California, Colorado, Oregon, Washington
- Attracts
- Bees, Butterflies
Sources: trefle, usda
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