Slender Cinquefoil (Graceful Cinquefoil)

Potentilla gracilis

Pollinator plant

Slender Cinquefoil (Graceful Cinquefoil)

Growing it

When	Flowers June to August
Type	wildflower
Sun	Full sun
Water	Low
Soil	pH 6–7.5
Hardiness	zone 2–7
Mature height	0.6 m
Mature spread	0.6 m
Spacing	0.4 m
Years to maturity	2
Bloom	Jun–Aug
Flower colour	Yellow read from a published flora
In bloom	June July August
Native to	AB, SK

feather-compound leaves about 8 cm long

Where it has been recorded

BothSpecimensObservations

138 squares of about 28 km, each holding at least one record. A square is not a claim that the plant grows throughout it, and an unshaded square is unrecorded rather than empty. Darker squares hold more records, which follows roads and towns as much as it follows the plant. 74 herbarium specimens and 260 field observations this project may redraw. A filled dot is a pressed sheet somebody can re-examine; a hollow ring is a photograph identified by community agreement. Where the dots are dense is where people have looked, not where the plant is commonest, and empty ground is unsurveyed rather than unoccupied. How this map is made.

Which ecoregions the records fall in

Northern Continental Divide south AB: 152 records, high confidence
Aspen Parkland central AB / SK: 65 records, high confidence
Cypress Upland south AB / SK: 56 records, high confidence
Peace Lowland north AB: 36 records, high confidence
Western Alberta Upland central AB: 34 records, high confidence
Moist Mixed Grassland south AB / SK: 30 records, high confidence
Eastern Continental Ranges central AB: 29 records, high confidence
Mixed Grassland south AB / SK: 15 records, medium confidence
Fescue Grassland south AB: 9 records, medium confidence
Boreal Transition central AB / SK: 4 records, low confidence

These are counts of records collected somewhere in the region, which is the resolution of the evidence: the map above shows where inside it. A region with 3 records is not the same claim as one with three hundred, so the count travels with the region. A region missing from this list means nobody has recorded it there, which is not the same as the plant being absent. Records within 900 m of a border count for neither side, because the border is not drawn finely enough to say which one they are on. Source: GBIF occurrence search + PRESERVED_SPECIMEN pass, retrieved 2026-08-24. Boundaries digitised from the National Ecological Framework for Canada v2.2 (Ecological Stratification Working Group 1995), simplified to about 900 m for display: an outline is accurate to roughly a kilometre, not to the metre. How these counts are made.

See every observation, live and current, on GBIF or iNaturalist.

Documented animals

145 documented relationships.

nectar for

A Digger Bee Specimen records from the USDA-ARS:BBSL1176566 collection
A Flower Fly Specimen records from iNaturalist.org
Agapostemon texanus Specimen records from ecdysis.org
Andrena amphibola Specimen records from the USDA-ARS:BBSL1176570 collection
Andrena angustitarsata Specimen records from ecdysis.org
Andrena birtwelli Specimen records from the USDA-ARS:BBSL1176564 collection
Andrena cressonii Specimen records from ecdysis.org
Andrena cyanophila Specimen records from the USDA-ARS:BBSL1176285 collection
Andrena hippotes Specimen records from ecdysis.org
Andrena medionitens Specimen records from ecdysis.org
Andrena melanochroa Specimen records from ecdysis.org
Andrena miranda Specimen records from ecdysis.org
Andrena miserabilis Specimen records from ecdysis.org
Andrena nigrocaerulea Specimen records from ecdysis.org
Andrena pallidifovea Specimen records from ecdysis.org
Andrena prunorum Specimen records from ecdysis.org
Andrena salicifloris Specimen records from ecdysis.org
Andrena sola Specimen records from the USDA-ARS:BBSL1176306 collection
Andrena subtilis Specimen records from ecdysis.org
Andrena surda Specimen records from ecdysis.org
Andrena topazana Specimen records from the USDA-ARS:BBSL1176288 collection
Andrena vicina Specimen records from ecdysis.org
Augochlorella aurata Specimen records from iNaturalist.org
Bicoloured Sweat Bee Specimen records from ecdysis.org
Black-tailed Bumble Bee Specimen records from www.bumblebeewatch.org
Boloria epithore Specimen records from iNaturalist.org
Brown-belted Bumble Bee Specimen records from www.bumblebeewatch.org
Brown-tailed Bumble Bee Specimen records from www.bumblebeewatch.org
Calligrapher Fly Specimen records from iNaturalist.org
Calliopsis andreniformis Specimen records from iNaturalist.org
Central Bumble Bee Specimen records from www.bumblebeewatch.org
Ceratina acantha Specimen records from iNaturalist.org
Ceratina calcarata Specimen records from iNaturalist.org
Eastern Calligrapher Specimen records from iNaturalist.org
Eastern Tailed-Blue Specimen records from iNaturalist.org
Eucera edwardsii Specimen records from ecdysis.org
Eucera frater Specimen records from ecdysis.org
Eupeodes fumipennis Specimen records from iNaturalist.org
Golden Northern Bumble Bee Specimen records from www.bumblebeewatch.org
Gray Hairstreak Specimen records from iNaturalist.org
Greenish Blue Specimen records from iNaturalist.org
Half-black Bumble Bee Specimen records from www.bumblebeewatch.org
Halictus confusus Specimen records from ecdysis.org
Halictus farinosus Specimen records from ecdysis.org
Halictus ligatus Specimen records from ecdysis.org
Halictus tripartitus Specimen records from ecdysis.org
Heriades carinata Specimen records from the USDA-ARS:BBSL1176473 collection
High Country Bumble Bee Specimen records from www.bumblebeewatch.org
Holcopasites calliopsidis Specimen records from iNaturalist.org
Hoplitis albifrons Specimen records from the USDA-ARS:BBSL1176010 collection
Hoplitis fulgida Specimen records from the USDA-ARS:BBSL1176569 collection
Hoplitis producta Specimen records from ecdysis.org
Hoplitis robusta Specimen records from the USDA-ARS:BBSL1176086 collection
Hunt's Bumble Bee Specimen records from www.bumblebeewatch.org
Hylaeus annulatus Specimen records from iNaturalist.org
Hylaeus basalis Specimen records from the USDA-ARS:BBSL1176014 collection
Hylaeus modestus Specimen records from the USDA-ARS:BBSL1176517 collection
Indiscriminate Cuckoo Bumble Bee Specimen records from www.bumblebeewatch.org
Lasioglossum albipenne Specimen records from ecdysis.org
Lasioglossum cressonii Specimen records from ecdysis.org
Lasioglossum glabriventre Specimen records from ecdysis.org
Lasioglossum incompletum Specimen records from ecdysis.org
Lasioglossum knereri Specimen records from ecdysis.org
Lasioglossum nevadense Specimen records from ecdysis.org
Lasioglossum pectorale Specimen records from iNaturalist.org
Lasioglossum pruinosum Specimen records from ecdysis.org
Lasioglossum punctatoventre Specimen records from ecdysis.org
Lasioglossum ruidosense Specimen records from ecdysis.org
Lasioglossum sedi Specimen records from the USDA-ARS:BBSL1175939 collection
Lasioglossum sisymbrii Specimen records from ecdysis.org
Lustrous Copper Specimen records from iNaturalist.org
Megachile inermis Specimen records from iNaturalist.org
Megachile onobrychidis Specimen records from ecdysis.org
Melanostoma mellina Specimen records from iNaturalist.org
Mustard White Specimen records from iNaturalist.org
Mylitta Crescent Specimen records from iNaturalist.org
Northern Crescent Specimen records from iNaturalist.org
Orange-banded Bumble Bee Specimen records from www.bumblebeewatch.org
Orange-legged Furrow Bee Specimen records from the USDA-ARS:BBSL1176085 collection
Osmia atrocyanea Specimen records from the USDA-ARS:BBSL1176301 collection
Osmia bruneri Specimen records from the USDA-ARS:BBSL1176081 collection
Osmia bucephala Specimen records from the USDA-ARS:BBSL1176290 collection
Osmia californica Specimen records from the USDA-ARS:BBSL1176576 collection
Osmia montana Specimen records from ecdysis.org
Osmia pusilla Specimen records from ecdysis.org
Osmia simillima Specimen records from the USDA-ARS:BBSL1176017 collection
Osmia tersula Specimen records from the USDA-ARS:BBSL1176037 collection
Osmia trevoris Specimen records from ecdysis.org
Osmia tristella Specimen records from the USDA-ARS:BBSL1175805 collection
Oxybelus uniglumis Specimen records from ecdysis.org
Panurginus atriceps Specimen records from ecdysis.org
Panurginus ineptus Specimen records from the USDA-ARS:BBSL1176348 collection
Pearl Crescent Specimen records from iNaturalist.org
Red-belted Bumble Bee Specimen records from www.bumblebeewatch.org
Red-tailed Bumble Bee Specimen records from www.bumblebeewatch.org
Sphaerophoria contigua Specimen records from iNaturalist.org
Tharsalea editha Specimen records from iNaturalist.org
Tricoloured Bumble Bee Specimen records from iNaturalist.org
Two-ranked Bumble Bee Specimen records from www.bumblebeewatch.org
Western Bumble Bee Specimen records from www.bumblebeewatch.org
Yellow-banded Bumble Bee Specimen records from iNaturalist.org
Yellow-fronted Bumble Bee Specimen records from ecdysis.org

pollen for

Agapostemon texanus Guzman et al. 2022
Andrena amphibola Guzman et al. 2022
Andrena angustitarsata Guzman et al. 2022
Andrena candida Guzman et al. 2022
Andrena cressonii Guzman et al. 2022
Andrena lupinorum Guzman et al. 2022
Andrena nigrocaerulea Guzman et al. 2022
Andrena prunorum Guzman et al. 2022
Andrena salicifloris Guzman et al. 2022
Anthaxia inornata Guzman et al. 2022
Bicoloured Sweat Bee Guzman et al. 2022
Calligrapher Fly Guzman et al. 2022
Central Bumble Bee Clements & F. L. Long 1923
Colletes fulgidus Guzman et al. 2022
Colletes kincaidii Guzman et al. 2022
Conophorus sackenii Guzman et al. 2022
Eristalis hirta Guzman et al. 2022
Eucera edwardsii Guzman et al. 2022
Halictus confusus Guzman et al. 2022
Halictus farinosus Guzman et al. 2022
Halictus ligatus Guzman et al. 2022
Halictus tripartitus Guzman et al. 2022
Helophilus latifrons Guzman et al. 2022
Heriades carinata Guzman et al. 2022
Heriades cressoni Guzman et al. 2022
Hylaeus modestus Guzman et al. 2022
Large Bee Fly Guzman et al. 2022
Lasioglossum albipenne Guzman et al. 2022
Lasioglossum cressonii Guzman et al. 2022
Lasioglossum incompletum Guzman et al. 2022
Lasioglossum knereri Guzman et al. 2022
Lasioglossum nevadense Guzman et al. 2022
Lasioglossum pruinosum Guzman et al. 2022
Lasioglossum ruidosense Guzman et al. 2022
Lasioglossum sisymbrii Guzman et al. 2022
Megachile perihirta Guzman et al. 2022
Mountain Bumble Bee Clements & F. L. Long 1923
Orange-legged Furrow Bee Guzman et al. 2022
Osmia pusilla Guzman et al. 2022
Osmia trevoris Guzman et al. 2022
Platycheirus stegnus Guzman et al. 2022
Toxomerus occidentalis Guzman et al. 2022
Villa hypomelas Clements & F. L. Long 1923

Also worth knowing

Safety

Toxicity not assessed, absence of a warning is not a guarantee of safety

Buying it

About $8–$16 per plant (estimate), usually stocked by garden centres. Estimate (herb default); AB retail as of 2026

Where these numbers came from

Flower detail: not verified, a genus-level estimate