Mogollon cinquefoil

Short hairs well differentiated from long hairs, ± abundant to dense throughout. Stems 0.2–1.5(–2) dm. Basal leaves palmate, rarely ternate, (1–)2–7(–18) cm; petiole (0.5–)1–5(–11) cm, long hairs sparse to abundant, ± spreading (to ascending), 1–3(–4) mm, ± weak, glands ± abundant; leaflets (3–)5(–7), central flabellate to obovate-cuneate or oblanceolate, (0.5–)1–3(–8) × 0.5–2 cm, not or ± petiolulate, distal 2/3–3/4 of margins evenly to unevenly incised 1/5–3/4 to midvein, ˂sometimes deeply lobed as well˃, teeth 2–9 per side (some secondarily toothed as well), surfaces green, long hairs sparse to common, 1–2 mm (late-season leaves and adaxial surfaces sometimes nearly glabrate), glands sparse to abundant. Inflorescences (1–)3–15-flowered. Pedicels 0.5–1.5(–2) cm. Flowers: epicalyx bractlets lanceolate-elliptic, 1.5–3(–5) × 0.5–1.5 mm; hypanthium 2.5–4 mm diam.; sepals (2.5–)3–5(–6) mm, apex ± acute; petals nearly white abaxially, pale yellow adaxially, narrowly obcordate, 3–6(–8) × 2.5–5 mm; filaments 1.5–2.5 mm, anthers 0.5–1 mm; carpels 4–12, styles 2–3 mm. Achenes 1.5–2 mm, ± rugose.

Varieties 2 (2 in the flora): w United States.

Lower Taxa

• Potentilla subviscosa var. ramulosa (Rydberg) Kearney & Peebles
• Potentilla subviscosa var. subviscosa