Family: Rosaceae
Author: Vill.
Bibliography: Hist. Pl. Dauphiné 3: 567 (1788)
Year: 1788
Status: accepted
Rank: species
Genus: Potentilla
Vegetable: False
Observations: Europe to Russian Far East and Iran
Description
The Grey cinquefoil, scientifically known as Potentilla inclinata, is a notable species from the Rosaceae family. First documented in Villars’ “Hist. Pl. Dauphiné” in 1788, this plant has captured the interest of botanists and plant enthusiasts alike, thanks to its extensive distribution and unique characteristics.
Predominantly found across Europe, its habitat stretches as far east as the Russian Far East and down to Iran, showcasing its adaptability to diverse climates and regions. The Grey cinquefoil is recognized for its striking foliage and resilient nature, making it a subject of study for those interested in botany and horticulture.
The name Potentilla is derived from the Latin word for “powerful,” alluding to the strong medicinal properties attributed to many species within this genus. Meanwhile, the specific epithet inclinata hints at the plant’s physical inclination or leaning habit, a characteristic trait noticed by early botanists.
As a member of the Rosaceae family, Potentilla inclinata shares some common traits with other members, such as the presence of compound leaves and the typical five-petaled flowers. However, like many species in this diverse family, it maintains its own unique qualities that distinguish it from its relatives.
Grey cinquefoil offers significant ecological value, often serving as a groundcover that prevents soil erosion and supports local biodiversity. Its delicate but sturdy appearance, coupled with the historical and geographical context, continues to invoke curiosity and appreciation among researchers and plant lovers. Through the centuries, from the pages of historic botanical literature to modern-day gardens, the Grey cinquefoil stands as a testament to nature’s enduring elegance and resilience.
Common Names
Eng: ashy cinquefoil, grey cinquefoil
Dan: filtet potentil
Deu: graues fingerkraut
Nob: filtmure
Nno: filtmure
Fin: harmaahanhikki
Swe: harmaahanhikki, rysk fingerört
Lav: sirmais retējs
Nld: grijze ganzerik
Fra: potentille inclinée, potentille grisâtre
Cym: pumnalen lwyd
En: Grey cinquefoil, Ashy cinquefoil
Be: Дуброўка сіваватая
Zh: Bo mao wei ling cai, 薄毛委陵菜
Cs: Mochna šedavá
Da: Filtet potentil
Nl: Grijze ganzerik
Et: Hallikas maran
Fi: Harmaahanhikki
Fr: Potentille inclinée, Potentille grisâtre
De: Graues Fingerkraut
It: Cinquefoglia cenerognola
Lv: Sirmais retējs
Nb: Filtmure
Nn: Filtmure
Pl: Pięciornik siwy
Sv: Rysk fingerört, Harmaahanhikki
Zh-tw: 薄毛委陵菜
Zh-hant: 薄毛委陵菜
Cy: Pumnalen lwyd
Synonyms
- Potentilla argentea var. impolita ((Wahlenb.) Nestl.)
- Potentilla argentea subsp. impolita ((Wahlenb.) Arcang.)
- Potentilla inclinata var. adscendens ((Waldst. & Kit. ex Willd.) Nyman)
- Potentilla leiotricha ((Borbás) Błocki)
- Potentilla canescens (Besser)
- Potentilla macrocephala ((Borbás) Błocki)
- Potentilla canescens var. uechtritzii ((Zimmeter) Beck)
- Potentilla × hoelzlii (Błocki)
- Potentilla canescens var. podolica (Błocki)
- Potentilla canescens f. ingurensis (R.Keller & Siegfr.)
- Potentilla canescens f. sadleri ((Rchb.) Th.Wolf)
- Potentilla canescens f. lanuginosa (Th.Wolf)
- Potentilla heterodonta ((Borbás) Th.Wolf)
- Potentilla canescens f. polyodonta ((Borbás) Th.Wolf)
- Potentilla canescens var. bohemica ((Błocki ex Woł.) Th.Wolf)
- Potentilla patula var. baumgarteniana ((Schur) Soó)
- Potentilla impolita (Wahlenb.)
- Potentilla canescens var. crassicaulis (Dichtl ex Th.Wolf)
- Potentilla loddigesii (Spreng.)
- Potentilla husztensis (Kit. ex Jáv.)
- Hypargyrium subrectum ((Jord.) Fourr.)
- Potentilla sadleri (Rchb.)
- Potentilla argentea subsp. inclinata ((Vill.) Berher)
- Potentilla adscendens var. oligotricha ((Borbás ex Zimmeter) Soó)
- Potentilla inclinata var. laciniosa (Mert. & W.D.J.Koch)
- Potentilla inclinata glabrior (Akinf.)
- Potentilla canescens var. vulgaris (Th.Wolf)
- Potentilla canescens var. pycnotricha (Borbás)
- Potentilla canescens subvar. dichtliana ((Błocki) Th.Wolf)
- Potentilla canescens subvar. macrocephala ((Borbás) Th.Wolf)
- Potentilla incrassata var. valesiaca (Favrat ex R.Keller)
- Potentilla adscendens var. sadleri ((Rchb.) Borbás)
- Potentilla × fussii (J.Römer)
- Potentilla canescens f. oligodonta (Th.Wolf)
- Potentilla canescens var. incisoserrata (Th.Wolf)
- Potentilla inclinata var. incisoserrata ((Th.Wolf) Markova)
- Potentilla polyodonta ((Borbás) Zimmeter)
- Potentilla canescens var. umbrosa (Błocki)
- Potentilla canescens stenomalla (Borbás)
- Potentilla canescens var. laciniosa ((Mert. & W.D.J.Koch) Beck)
- Potentilla canescens var. pectinata (Th.Wolf)
- Potentilla canescens var. badensis (Beck)
- Potentilla assurgens (Vill.)
- Potentilla vinosa (Lodd. ex Spreng.)
- Potentilla canescens var. polyodonta (Borbás)
- Potentilla bohemica (Błocki ex Woł.)
- Potentilla canescens f. degenerata (Th.Wolf)
- Potentilla subrecta (Jord.)
- Potentilla adscendens subsp. fissidens ((Borbás) Jáv.)
- Potentilla gaudinii var. polytricha ((Jord. ex Loret & Barrandon) Th.Wolf)
- Potentilla adscendens subsp. polyodonta ((Borbás) Jáv.)
- Potentilla canescens var. leptotricha (Hormuz.)
- Potentilla inclinata var. sadleri ((Rchb.) Soó)
- Potentilla podolica ((Błocki) Błocki)
- Potentilla canescens var. major (Wimm. & Grab.)
- Potentilla inclinata var. hungarica ((Willd. ex Schltdl.) Soó)
- Potentilla intercedens (Błocki)
- Potentilla adscendens var. subbiserrata (Schur)
- Potentilla canescens var. polytricha (Borbás)
- Potentilla canescens var. fallax (R.Uechtr.)
- Potentilla polytricha ((Borbás) Błocki)
- Potentilla inclinata f. polydonta ((Borbás) Markova)
- Potentilla incrassata (Zimmeter)
- Potentilla canescens subvar. pycnotricha ((Borbás) Th.Wolf)
- Potentilla canescens f. gracilis (Guşul.)
- Potentilla assurgens subsp. inclinata ((Vill.) O.Schwarz)
- Potentilla canescens var. inclinata ((Vill.) Ser.)
- Potentilla canescens subvar. arthuriana ((Her.Hofmann) Th.Wolf)
- Potentilla szalatnyensis (Kit. ex Th.Wolf)
- Potentilla crassicaulis (Błocki ex Zimmeter)
- Potentilla inclinata subsp. adscendens ((Waldst. & Kit. ex Willd.) Soják)
- Potentilla adscendens var. fallax ((R.Uechtr.) Prodán)
- Potentilla curvidens (Schur)
- Potentilla adscendens var. baumgarteniana ((Schur) Soó)
- Potentilla canescens subvar. vinosa ((Lodd. ex Spreng.) Th.Wolf)
- Potentilla canescens var. typica (Beck)
- Potentilla canescens f. pectinata ((Th.Wolf) Th.Wolf)
- Potentilla canescens subsp. baumgarteniana ((Schur) Simonk.)
- Potentilla canescens var. incrassata ((Zimmeter) Schinz & R.Keller)
- Potentilla argentea var. canescens ((Besser) Fiori)
- Potentilla fissidens ((Borbás) Zimmeter)
- Potentilla canescens var. dichtliana ((Błocki) Beck)
- Potentilla canescens var. leiotricha (Borbás)
- Potentilla patula var. sadleri ((Rchb.) Soó)
- Potentilla baumgarteniana (Schur)
- Potentilla varia var. canescens ((Besser) Spenn.)
- Potentilla intermedia var. canescens ((Besser) Wahlenb.)
- Potentilla adscendens var. laciniosa ((Mert. & W.D.J.Koch) Soó)
- Potentilla intermedia subsp. inclinata ((Vill.) Bonnier & Layens)
- Potentilla adscendens var. polytricha ((Borbás) Soó)
- Potentilla inclinata var. baumgarteniana ((Schur) Soó)
- Potentilla impolita var. dissectiformis (Borhidi & Isépy)
- Potentilla polytricha var. cuartanensis (Degen & Hervier)
- Potentilla inclinata subsp. subrecta ((Jord.) Nyman)
- Potentilla canescens subvar. polytricha ((Borbás) Th.Wolf)
- Potentilla canescens subvar. leiotricha ((Borbás) Th.Wolf)
- Potentilla dichtliana (Błocki)
- Potentilla canescens f. richteri (Borbás)
- Potentilla canescens var. heterodonta (Borbás)
- Potentilla canescens var. minor (Wimm. & Grab.)
- Potentilla inclinata var. leopoliensis ((Błocki) Soó)
- Potentilla leopoliensis (Błocki)
- Potentilla hungarica (Willd. ex D.F.K.Schltdl.)
- Potentilla canescens var. adscendens ((Waldst. & Kit. ex Willd.) DC.)
- Potentilla recta var. minoriflora (Sabr.)
- Potentilla uechtritzii (Zimmeter)
- Potentilla pletvarensis (Micevski)
- Potentilla canescens f. virescens (R.Keller & Siegfr.)
- Potentilla canescens subvar. baumgarteniana ((Schur) Th.Wolf)
- Potentilla × collina var. subrecta ((Jord.) Rouy & E.G.Camus)
- Potentilla canescens var. leopoliensis ((Błocki) Th.Wolf)
- Potentilla impolita var. flabellata (Borhidi & Isépy)
- Potentilla argentea var. inclinata ((Vill.) Döll)
- Potentilla canescens f. viridis (R.Keller & Siegfr.)
- Potentilla adscendens f. minoriflora ((Sabr.) Soó)
- Potentilla canescens var. polytoma (Borbás & Bornm.)
- Potentilla inclinata var. canescens ((Besser) Rouy & E.G.Camus)
- Potentilla adscendens f. robusta (Borhidi & Isépy)
- Potentilla impolita var. caespitosa (Borhidi & Isépy)
- Potentilla canescens var. pseudobesseri (Th.Wolf)
- Potentilla inclinata subseptenata (Lehm.)
- Potentilla canescens var. macrocephala (Borbás)
- Potentilla canescens var. fissidens (Borbás)
- Potentilla canescens var. sadleri ((Rchb.) Th.Wolf)
- Potentilla inclinata f. lanuginosa ((Th.Wolf) Markova)
- Potentilla arthuriana (Her.Hofmann)
- Potentilla canescens var. minoriflora ((Sabr.) Hayek)
- Potentilla canescens humilis (Ten.)
Distribution
- Albania (native)
- Altay (native)
- Austria (native)
- Bulgaria (native)
- Buryatiya (native)
- Central European Rus (native)
- Czechoslovakia (native)
- East European Russia (native)
- France (native)
- Germany (native)
- Greece (native)
- Hungary (native)
- Iran (native)
- Irkutsk (native)
- Italy (native)
- Kamchatka (native)
- Kazakhstan (native)
- Khabarovsk (native)
- Kirgizstan (native)
- Krasnoyarsk (native)
- Krym (native)
- North Caucasus (native)
- Northwest European R (native)
- Poland (native)
- Primorye (native)
- Romania (native)
- South European Russi (native)
- Spain (native)
- Switzerland (native)
- Tadzhikistan (native)
- Transcaucasus (native)
- Turkey (native)
- Ukraine (native)
- Uzbekistan (native)
- West Siberia (native)
- Xinjiang (native)
- Yakutskiya (native)
- Yugoslavia (native)
- Arizona (introduced)
- Baltic States (introduced)
- Belgium (introduced)
- British Columbia (introduced)
- Connecticut (introduced)
- Denmark (introduced)
- Great Britain (introduced)
- Illinois (introduced)
- Indiana (introduced)
- Masachusettes (introduced)
- Michigan (introduced)
- Minnesota (introduced)
- New Hampshire (introduced)
- New Jersey (introduced)
- New York (introduced)
- North Carolina (introduced)
- Norway (introduced)
- Ohio (introduced)
- Ontario (introduced)
- Pennsylvania (introduced)
- Prince Edward I. (introduced)
- Québec (introduced)
- Rhode I. (introduced)
- Vermont (introduced)
- Virginia (introduced)
- Washington (introduced)
- Wisconsin (introduced)
- Wyoming (introduced)
Additional Images
Other
Taken Jul 15, 2012 by Photoflora – Yann QUELEN (©)
Taken Aug 15, 2002 by Photoflora – Jean-Luc TASSET (©)
Taken Jan 1, 1970 by Photoflora – L’Abbé COSTE (©)
Habit
Taken Apr 15, 2002 by Photoflora – Jean-Luc TASSET (©)
Taken Apr 15, 2002 by Photoflora – Jean-Luc TASSET (©)
Taken Aug 15, 2002 by Photoflora – Jean-Luc TASSET (©)
Taken Jul 15, 2012 by Photoflora – Benoit BOCK (©)
Taken Aug 15, 2002 by Photoflora – Jean-Luc TASSET (©)
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Sources
- WFO (No URL)
- IPNI (No URL)
- GBIF (https://www.gbif.org/species/5365888)
- POWO (http://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:728285-1)
- PlantNet (https://identify.plantnet.org/species/the-plant-list/Potentilla inclinata Vill.)
Specifications
Growth habit>: Forb/herb
Growth
Ph maximum: 7.0
Ph minimum: 6.5
Light: 9
Atmospheric humidity: 5
Bloom months: [‘jun’, ‘jul’]
Soil nutriments: 1