Potentilla aurea | Pollinator Plant Database

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18 names · 15 languages

Other languages (14)

Sources & name notes (2)

Names recorded in our plant catalogue and botanical sources, grouped by language. Usage can vary by region.

Catalogue language labels are reviewed separately from botanical source records.

Numbered references identify names recorded by an external source. Other names are from our plant catalogue.

Community-curated iNaturalist taxonomy. This is a common-name attestation, not an independent botanical determination.

Source records

dwarf yellow cinquefoil — results[0].names[2]; taxon id 56935; Potentilla aurea.
Gold-Fingerkraut — results[0].names[1]; taxon id 56935; Potentilla aurea.
Potentille dorée — results[0].names[3]; taxon id 56935; Potentilla aurea.
Cinquefoglia fior d'oro — results[0].names[14]; taxon id 56935; Potentilla aurea.
Fragolaccia fior d'oro — results[0].names[15]; taxon id 56935; Potentilla aurea.
Goudgele ganzerik — results[0].names[13]; taxon id 56935; Potentilla aurea.
Gulden ganzerik — results[0].names[5]; taxon id 56935; Potentilla aurea.

Community-curated iNaturalist taxonomy; common-name attestation, not an independent botanical determination.

Source records

dwarf yellow cinquefoil — results[14].names[2]; taxon id 56935; Potentilla aurea.
Gold-Fingerkraut — results[14].names[1]; taxon id 56935; Potentilla aurea.
Potentille dorée — results[14].names[3]; taxon id 56935; Potentilla aurea.
Cinquefoglia fior d'oro — results[14].names[14]; taxon id 56935; Potentilla aurea.
Fragolaccia fior d'oro — results[14].names[15]; taxon id 56935; Potentilla aurea.
Goudgele ganzerik — results[14].names[13]; taxon id 56935; Potentilla aurea.
Gulden ganzerik — results[14].names[5]; taxon id 56935; Potentilla aurea.
mochna zlatá — results[14].names[4]; taxon id 56935; Potentilla aurea.
kultahanhikki — results[14].names[6]; taxon id 56935; Potentilla aurea.
mochna zlatá — results[14].names[7]; taxon id 56935; Potentilla aurea.
gullfingerört — results[14].names[8]; taxon id 56935; Potentilla aurea.
nátržník zlatý — results[14].names[9]; taxon id 56935; Potentilla aurea.
Pięciornik złoty — results[14].names[10]; taxon id 56935; Potentilla aurea.
zlati petoprstnik — results[14].names[11]; taxon id 56935; Potentilla aurea.
Лапчатка золотистая — results[14].names[12]; taxon id 56935; Potentilla aurea.
Перстач золотистий — results[14].names[16]; taxon id 56935; Potentilla aurea.
aranyos pimpó — results[14].names[17]; taxon id 56935; Potentilla aurea.
金色委陵菜 — results[14].names[18]; taxon id 56935; Potentilla aurea.

Plant references

Published observations for this plant. Each reference supports the information beside it.

Taxonomy: Potentilla aurea is an accepted species in Catalogue of Life.

Taxonomic treatment in the August 2026 release; the catalogue record name is preserved.
Sources [1]
Botanical family: Rosaceae

Family in the cited taxonomic treatment.
Sources [1]
Pollinator guidance: RHS includes Potentilla species in its Plants for Pollinators guidance.

Genus-level guidance, not a rating for this individual species or a particular cultivar. RHS planting guidance. Choose accessible flowers with pollen and nectar; reduced-resource and double-flowered forms may be unsuitable.
Sources [2] [3]
Native range: Europe.

Explicit native locality records in Kew WCVP v16; introduced and doubtful distributions excluded. Continent conversion follows the documented geographic mapping.
Sources [4]

Catalogue ratings

Low suitability

Nectar value Low

Pollen value Unknown

Plant profile

dwarf yellow cinquefoil (Potentilla aurea) is a herbaceous plant. It flowers from May to June.