| Family | Scientific Name | Common Name | Habitat | Distribution | Image |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rosaceae | Potentilla anglica | English Cinquefoil, Trailing Tormentil | Disturbed areas. | Native of Eurasia. | |
| Rosaceae | Potentilla argentea | Silvery Cinquefoil, Silvery Five-fingers, Hoary Five-fingers | Dry fields and roadsides, other disturbed areas. | Native of Eurasia. | ![]() (c) Hayden, John |
| Rosaceae | Potentilla canadensis | Running Five-fingers, Dwarf Potentilla | Woodlands, forests, fields, lawns, disturbed areas. | Nova Scotia west to Ontario, south to Georgia, Mississippi, and ne. Arkansas. | ![]() (c) Goldman, Douglas - CC-BY-SA |
| Rosaceae | Potentilla erecta | ||||
| Rosaceae | Potentilla hebiichigo | Lawns, disturbed ground. | Native of e. Asia. Confirmed for North Carolina piedmont (Pitt County; NCU690987). | ![]() © Sarah Oberlin | |
| Rosaceae | Potentilla inclinata | Ashy Cinquefoil | Disturbed areas. | Native of Eurasia. | ![]() (c) Gunnar, Aaron - CC-BY |
| Rosaceae | Potentilla indica | Snakeberry, Mock Strawberry, Indian Strawberry, Strawberry Geranium | Disturbed areas, lawns, gardens, weedy clearings. | Native of Asia. | ![]() (c) Faulkner, Erin - CC-BY-NC, permission granted to NCBG |
| Rosaceae | Potentilla intermedia | Downy Cinquefoil | Dry roadsides, other disturbed areas. | Native of Europe. | ![]() (c) Parks, Summit Metro - CC-BY |
| Rosaceae | Potentilla norvegica | Strawberry-weed, Rough Cinquefoil | Floodplain forests, alluvial openings; sand bars, pastures, fields, disturbed areas, especially where moist. | This species is apparently a genetically diverse, circumboreal species complex, with both native and introduced elements now present in our area. | ![]() (c) Patterson, Bruce |
| Rosaceae | Potentilla paradoxa | Bushy Cinquefoil | Riverbanks, lakeshores, also roadsides. | New York, Québec, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta, and British Columbia south to e. Pennsylvania, n. Ohio, se. Michigan, s. Indiana, s. Illinois, Missouri, n. Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, and Oregon. Reported for s. Indiana by Bill Thomas (pers.comm., 2022). | ![]() (c) Danielson, Erik |
| Rosaceae | Potentilla recta | Sulphur Five-fingers, Sulphur Cinquefoil | Fields, pastures, roadsides, other disturbed areas. | Native of Europe. | ![]() (c) Fleming, Gary P. |
| Rosaceae | Potentilla reptans | Creeping Five-fingers | Disturbed areas. | Native of Eurasia. Also reported for Virginia (Cronquist 1991, Kartesz 1999) and occurs as well in se. Pennsylvania (Rhoads & Block 2007). | |
| Rosaceae | Potentilla rivalis | Brook Five-fingers | Along streams and in moist, marshy areas; eastwards adventive in moist, disturbed areas. | Native of n., c., and w. North America, south to c. Mexico. | ![]() (c) Exe, Nolan - CC-BY |
| Rosaceae | Potentilla simplex | Old-field Five-fingers | Woodlands, fields, disturbed areas. | Newfoundland and Labrador (Newfoundland) and Minnesota south to Panhandle Florida, Alabama, and Texas. | ![]() (c) Ware, Richard & Teresa - CC-BY-NC, permission granted to NCBG |
| Rosaceae | Potentilla villosa |










