Dasiphora fruticosa(L.) Rydb.

shrubby cinquefoil

WFO wfo-0001017396 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC0 / CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–h

Dasiphora fruticosa, photographed by Brandon Corder
fig. a Brandon Corder, CC BY 4.0 / 2022-06-12 / obs. 205523838
Dasiphora fruticosa, photographed by Annika Lindqvist
fig. b Annika Lindqvist, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 203409059
Dasiphora fruticosa, photographed by Zeke Marshall
fig. c Zeke Marshall, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 203178226
Dasiphora fruticosa, photographed by Zeke Marshall
fig. d Zeke Marshall, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 201499189
Dasiphora fruticosa, photographed by F Quiec
fig. e F Quiec, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 205938509
Dasiphora fruticosa, photographed by Zeke Marshall
fig. f Zeke Marshall, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 201500231
Dasiphora fruticosa, photographed by Lynn Harper
fig. g Lynn Harper, CC0 1.0 / obs. 199381024
Dasiphora fruticosa, photographed by Josiah Londerée
fig. h Josiah Londerée, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 201775450

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Flowering n = 3,399 observations

Peak flowering in Jul, from 3,399 community-annotated observations worldwide. This is a global aggregate, not a forecast for your garden: the same species flowers on different dates in different hemispheres, and citizen-science records cluster near cities, at weekends, and in spring. Where a species has fewer than 30 annotated records we do not draw this chart at all.

Also published as 85 synonyms

A synonym is not an error. It is a record of botanists disagreeing, in print, about where this plant belongs. Each of these was somebody’s considered answer.

  • Comocarpa fruticosa (L.) Rydb.
  • Dasiphora floribunda (Pursh) Raf.
  • Dasiphora fruticosa subsp. floribunda (Pursh) Kartesz
  • Dasiphora fruticosa var. appendiculata Nieuwl.
  • Dasiphora fruticosa var. cardiopetala Popov
  • Dasiphora fruticosa var. glabra Popov
  • Dasiphora fruticosa var. leucantha (Makino) Nakai
  • Dasiphora fruticosa var. monticola Rydb.
  • Dasiphora fruticosa var. tenuifolia (Willd. ex Schltdl.) Rydb.
  • Dasiphora reticulata (Bertol.) Soják
  • Dasiphora rigida (Wall. ex Lehm.) Soják
  • Dasiphora riparia Raf.
  • Dasiphora tenuifolia (Willd. ex Schltdl.) Y.C.Zhu
  • Dasiphora veitchii (E.H.Wilson) Soják
  • Fragaria fruticosa (L.) Crantz
  • Pentaphylloides elata Salisb.
  • Pentaphylloides floribunda (Pursh) Á.Löve
  • Pentaphylloides friedrichsenii (Späth ex C.K.Schneid.) Soják
  • Pentaphylloides fruticosa (L.) O.Schwarz
  • Pentaphylloides fruticosa subsp. floribunda (Pursh) M.Laínz
  • Pentaphylloides fruticosa subsp. floribunda (Pursh) M.La¡nz
  • Pentaphylloides fruticosa var. tenuifolia (Willd. ex Schltdl.) Polozhij
  • Pentaphylloides fruticosa var. vulgaris (Willd. ex Schltdl.) Polozhij
  • Pentaphylloides sulphurascens (Hand.-Mazz.) Soják

and 61 more.

Sourcesevery claim on this page

  1. World Flora Online Plant List. accepted name, authority, classification. CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-12.
  2. iNaturalist. photographs and flowering annotations, CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA only. per photograph. Retrieved 2026-06-27.

We publish what we can source and we say so when we cannot. This page has no care advice, no toxicity claim and no native range, because we do not yet have those from a source we can cite.