Slender Cinquefoil

Potentilla gracilis Slender cinquefoil, also known as graceful cinquefoil, is a sweet and long-lived perennial with cheerful pale to yellow, five-petaled flowers that are an important source of nectar for small pollinators who lack the girth to open more complicated flowers. Attractive, sharply-divided, semi-evergreen foliage, with diagnostic silvery-white undersides, sprawls gracefully from its woody crown and hosts many native butterflies.  Plant type/canopy layer: deciduous, perennial, herbaceous plant Size at maturity: generally up to 24" high, 12-24" wide Light requirements: full sun to partial shade Moisture requirements: moist soil Bloom time: May - Aug Growth rate/ease: medium growth rate, easy to grow Wildlife support: flowers attract and provide nectar to adult butterflies, bees, other insect pollinators and syrphid flies; overall plant is a caterpillar host and larval food source for native moths and butterflies including the two-banded checkered skipper Nati