Historical Common Names of Great Plains Plants:

Potentilla L.

Origin: native & introduced

Scientific Synonyms: Drymocallis Fourr., Sibbbaldiopsis Rydb.

Common names:

Barren strawberry (1900) (158)

Cinquefoil [Cinque-foil] (1814-Present) (1, 2, 4, 7, 10, 50, 109, 138, 155, 156, 167)

Five-finger (1895-1949) (1, 2, 82, 93, 109)

Quinte-feuille (1785, French) (8)

Shrub cinquefoil (1785) (8)

Star flower (1896, Waverly MA) (76)