Potentilla hippiana, June 8, 2021
Potentilla pulcherrima x. P. hippiana, front side of leaf, roadside 8,700’, June 22, 2021
Common & scientific name
Woolly cinquefoil, Potentilla hippiana
Family
Rose, Rosaceae
Location
Twin Lakes, 9,200’
Fun, weird, helpful, or little known facts
Woolly cinquefoil can be distinguished from its many cousins by the white-woolly underside of its leaflets and greener but still hairy top side, and numerous, pinnate (ladder-like) leaflets, as shown at left.
As for the leaves at left and below, these likely belong to a cross between Woolly cinquefoil and Beautiful cinquefoil, P. pulcherrima, owing to the sub-digitate nature of its leaves (not obviously pinnate as with most Woollies, like the above-left), but not quite palmate/digitate (starting from the same central point, as in Beauties). Potentillas often present a good puzzle!
Backside of P. pulcherrima x P. hippiana