Rosaceae

Potentilla brevifolia

Short Leaved Cinquefoil

Small mats hairy, yellow-green. Leaves deeply cut, usually with 3–7 nearly round crinkly leaflets crowded on stems 2–6 in. long. Smaller leaves on 2–4 in. flower stems. Flowers small in gland-sticky calyx; petals yellow, nearly round. Grows on exposed slopes near melting snow banks at high elevations in eastern Oregon. Found in Wallowa Mountains and Steens Mountain.

• Rarity: Uncommon
• Flowering Time: Mid Summer
• Life Cycle: Perennial
• Height: To 4 inches
• Habitat: Alpine, Subalpine
• Found In: Steens
• Native: Yes