Potentilla pusilla

Potentilla pusilla, the spring cinquefoil or spotted cinquefoil, is a perennial species of flowering plant in the rose family (Rosaceae).^[1] It may grow up to the height of 5–15 cm (2-6 in).

Potentilla pusilla
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Rosales
Family:	Rosaceae
Genus:	Potentilla
Species:	P. pusilla
Binomial name
Potentilla pusilla Host
Synonyms
List Potentilla acaulis subsp. pusilla (Host) Guin. Potentilla tabernaemontani subvar. pusilla (Host) Th.Wolf Potentilla verna f. pusilla (Host) Th.Wolf Potentilla verna var. pusilla (Host) W.D.J.Koch Potentilla abbreviata Zimmeter Potentilla albertii Zimmeter in Potentilla bolzanensis var. astelligera F.Saut. Potentilla bolzanensis var. latifolia F.Saut. Potentilla bolzanensis var. prorepens F.Saut. Potentilla bolzanensis var. umbrosa F.Saut. Potentilla bondonis Evers Potentilla bruginoensis Evers Potentilla cinerea Gaudin Potentilla cinerea subsp. gaudinii (Gremli) P.Fourn. Potentilla cinerea var. gaudinii (Gremli) Rouy & E.G.Camus Potentilla dubiosa Evers Potentilla gaudinii Gremli Potentilla gaudinii subvar. abbreviata (Zimmeter) Th.Wolf Potentilla gaudinii subvar. aprica (Huter ex Th.Wolf) Th.Wolf Potentilla gaudinii f. astelligera (F.Saut.) Th.Wolf Potentilla gaudinii f. benacensis Zimmeter ex Th.Wolf Potentilla gaudinii var. benacensis (Zimmeter ex Th.Wolf) Th.Wolf Potentilla gaudinii var. boosiana (K.Malý) K.Malý Potentilla gaudinii f. boosiana (K.Malý) K.Malý Potentilla gaudinii f. eglandulosa Th.Wolf Potentilla gaudinii f. eglandulosa Th.Wolf Potentilla gaudinii subvar. eglandulosa (Th.Wolf) Th.Wolf Potentilla gaudinii f. genuina Posp. Potentilla gaudinii var. germadensis Posp. Potentilla gaudinii f. glandulosa Th.Wolf Potentilla gaudinii subvar. glandulosissima Th.Wolf Potentilla gaudinii f. glandulosissima (Th.Wolf) Th.Wolf Potentilla gaudinii f. grandiflora Th.Wolf Potentilla gaudinii subvar. grandiflora (Th.Wolf) Th.Wolf Potentilla gaudinii var. grisancensis Beyer Potentilla gaudinii f. haematosticta (Goiran) Th.Wolf Potentilla gaudinii f. incisa Posp. Potentilla gaudinii f. latifolia (F.Saut.) Th.Wolf Potentilla gaudinii proles longifolia (Th.Wolf) Th.Wolf Potentilla gaudinii var. longifolia Th.Wolf Potentilla gaudinii f. murriana Th.Wolf Potentilla gaudinii subvar. murrii (Zimmeter) Th.Wolf Potentilla gaudinii f. nana Th.Wolf Potentilla gaudinii f. parceglandulosa Th.Wolf Potentilla gaudinii f. parviflora Th.Wolf Potentilla gaudinii subvar. parviflora (Th.Wolf) Th.Wolf Potentilla gaudinii f. pilosior Th.Wolf Potentilla gaudinii f. platypetala Th.Wolf Potentilla gaudinii f. prorepens (F.Saut.) Th.Wolf Potentilla gaudinii proles sarajevensis (K.Malý) K.Malý Potentilla gaudinii f. stenopetala Th.Wolf Potentilla gaudinii subvar. stenopetala (Th.Wolf) Th.Wolf Potentilla gaudinii var. tirolensis (Zimmeter) Schinz & R.Keller Potentilla gaudinii proles typica Th.Wolf Potentilla gaudinii var. typica Posp. Potentilla gaudinii f. umbrosa (F.Saut.) Th.Wolf Potentilla gaudinii var. virescens Th.Wolf Potentilla gaudinii proles virescens (Th.Wolf) Th.Wolf Potentilla gelmiana Siegfr. ex Th.Wolf Potentilla germadensis Evers ex Th.Wolf Potentilla ginsiensis Woł. ex T.Durand & B.D.Jacks. Potentilla ginsiensis Waisb. Potentilla glandulifera Krašan ex A.Kern. Potentilla glandulifera subsp. gaudinii (Gremli) Hayek Potentilla glandulifera var. lancifolia (Waisb.) Hayek Potentilla glandulifera var. longifolia (Borbás ex Zimmeter) Hayek Potentilla glandulifera f. tiroliensis Hayek Potentilla glandulifera var. virescens (Th.Wolf) Gajić Potentilla glandulifera subsp. virescens (Th.Wolf) Hayek Potentilla glandulifera var. viscidula Waisb. Potentilla glandulosa Krašan Potentilla haematosticta Goiran Potentilla incana var. gaudinii (Gremli) Burnat & Briq. Potentilla lancifolia Waisb. Potentilla longifolia Borbás ex Zimmeter Potentilla longifrons Borbás Potentilla loppiensis Evers Potentilla mezzocoronae Evers Potentilla monticola Zimmeter Potentilla murrii Zimmeter Potentilla neumanniana Rchb. Potentilla noarnae Evers Potentilla oenipontana Murr ex Th.Wolf Potentilla opaca f. longifrons (Borbás) Beck Potentilla opaca neumanniana (Rchb.) Wünsche Potentilla opaca var. neumanniana (Rchb.) Nyman Potentilla opaca f. pusilla Vocke ex Zimmeter Potentilla opaca var. vindobonensis (Zimmeter) Beck Potentilla pari Evers Potentilla ponale Evers Potentilla puberula Krašan Potentilla puberula var. viridis (Neilr.) Bech. Potentilla pusilla var. lancifolia (Waisb.) Soó Potentilla pusilla var. longifolia (Borbás ex Zimmeter) J.C.Mayer ex Soó Potentilla pusilla var. viridis (Neilr.) J.C.Mayer ex Soó Potentilla rivae Evers Potentilla ronchii Evers Potentilla rubens var. pusilla (Vocke ex Zimmeter) Th.Wolf Potentilla tabernaemontani var. boosiana K.Malý Potentilla tabernaemontani longifrons (Borbás) A.F.Schwarz Potentilla tabernaemontani proles neumanniana (Rchb.) Th.Wolf Potentilla tabernaemontani f. sarajevensis K.Malý Potentilla tiroliensis Zimmeter Potentilla tiroliensis f. aprica Huter ex Th.Wolf Potentilla vasonis Evers Potentilla verna var. astelligera (F.Saut.) Reiter Potentilla verna var. gaudinii (Gremli) Fiori Potentilla verna f. glandulifera (Krašan ex A.Kern.) Bolzon Potentilla verna var. longifolia Borbás ex Zimmeter Potentilla verna subsp. longifrons (Borbás) Focke Potentilla verna var. neumanniana (Rchb.) Th.Wolf Potentilla verna subsp. puberula (Krašan) Hegi Potentilla verna var. viridis Neilr. Potentilla vindobonensis Zimmeter Potentilla viridis (Neilr.) Fritsch Potentilla viscida Evers

It was first scientifically described by H.G.L. Reichenbach in 1832. P.F.A. Ascherson later called it P. tabernaemontani, a name which is now invalid. The name P. verna was misapplied to this species; as originally described by Linnaeus, it actually refers to the alpine cinquefoil (P. crantzii). This is a fairly undistinguished species of cinquefoil. Its typical five-fingered leaves and — in early spring — five-petalled yellow flowers are borne on low-lying stems. As its common name implies, in most of its range, it is one of the first cinquefoils to bloom. It can grow in dry, marginal habitats, such as roadsides, meadows, and talus.^[2] Thus it can be used for rock gardens, providing bright bunches of yellow when few other plants are blooming.