Pollinator plant

marsh cinquefoil

Potentilla palustris

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Common names

33 names · 28 languages
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Other languages (27)
Dutch
  • Moerasaardbei
  • Wateraardbei[1][3]
French
Belarusian
  • Шабельнік балотны[3]
Catalan
  • potentil·la palustre[3]
Chinese (Simplified)
  • 沼委陵菜[3]
Chinese (Traditional)
  • 沼委陵菜[3]
Czech
  • zábělník bahenní[3]
Danish
Estonian
  • harilik soopihl[3]
Faroese
Finnish
  • kurjenjalka[3]
  • suokurjenjalka[3]
German
Hungarian
  • tőzegpimpó[3]
Icelandic
Italian
  • Cinquefoglia delle paludi[1][3]
Japanese
  • クロバナロウゲ[3]
Latvian
  • Purva vārnkāja[3]
Lithuanian
  • Pelkinė sidabražolė[3]
Norwegian
Ojibwe
  • mashkiigojiibik[3]
Polish
  • Siedmiopalecznik błotny[3]
Russian
  • Сабельник болотный[3]
Slovak
  • nátržnica močiarna[3]
Slovenian
  • močvirski petoprstnik[3]
Swedish
  • Kråkklöver[3]
Ukrainian
  • Вовче тіло болотяне[3]
Welsh
  • Pumnalen y gors[3]
Sources & name notes (3)

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.

[1] Comarum palustre — iNaturalist taxon names ↗

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

Source records
  • marsh cinquefoil — results[0].names[1]; taxon id 62213; Comarum palustre.
  • Blutauge — results[0].names[20]; taxon id 62213; Comarum palustre.
  • Sumpf-Blutauge — results[0].names[5]; taxon id 62213; Comarum palustre.
  • purple marsh cinquefoil — results[0].names[26]; taxon id 62213; Comarum palustre.
  • purple marshlocks — results[0].names[30]; taxon id 62213; Comarum palustre.
  • comaret des marais — results[0].names[3]; taxon id 62213; Comarum palustre.
  • Cinquefoglia delle paludi — results[0].names[31]; taxon id 62213; Comarum palustre.
  • Wateraardbei — results[0].names[11]; taxon id 62213; Comarum palustre.
[2] Catalogue of Life 2026-08-20 — Comarum palustre ↗

Common names from World Plants, version 26.05, reproduced in Catalogue of Life 2026-08-20. License: CC BY.

Source records
  • Marsh Cinquefoil (EN) — VernacularName.tsv, line 172319; taxon XDR2.
  • Blutauge (DE) — VernacularName.tsv, line 172318; taxon XDR2.
  • Purple Marshlocks — VernacularName.tsv, line 172320; taxon XDR2.
[3] Comarum palustre — iNaturalist taxon names ↗

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

Source records
  • marsh cinquefoil — results[24].names[1]; taxon id 62213; Comarum palustre.
  • Blutauge — results[24].names[20]; taxon id 62213; Comarum palustre.
  • Sumpf-Blutauge — results[24].names[5]; taxon id 62213; Comarum palustre.
  • purple marsh cinquefoil — results[24].names[26]; taxon id 62213; Comarum palustre.
  • purple marshlocks — results[24].names[30]; taxon id 62213; Comarum palustre.
  • comaret des marais — results[24].names[3]; taxon id 62213; Comarum palustre.
  • Cinquefoglia delle paludi — results[24].names[31]; taxon id 62213; Comarum palustre.
  • Wateraardbei — results[24].names[11]; taxon id 62213; Comarum palustre.
  • kurjenjalka — results[24].names[4]; taxon id 62213; Comarum palustre.
  • Сабельник болотный — results[24].names[6]; taxon id 62213; Comarum palustre.
  • Kråkklöver — results[24].names[7]; taxon id 62213; Comarum palustre.
  • mashkiigojiibik — results[24].names[8]; taxon id 62213; Comarum palustre.
  • myrhatt — results[24].names[9]; taxon id 62213; Comarum palustre.
  • Kragefod — results[24].names[10]; taxon id 62213; Comarum palustre.
  • suokurjenjalka — results[24].names[12]; taxon id 62213; Comarum palustre.
  • Pelkinė sidabražolė — results[24].names[13]; taxon id 62213; Comarum palustre.
  • Siedmiopalecznik błotny — results[24].names[14]; taxon id 62213; Comarum palustre.
  • 沼委陵菜 — results[24].names[16]; taxon id 62213; Comarum palustre.
  • 沼委陵菜 — results[24].names[17]; taxon id 62213; Comarum palustre.
  • クロバナロウゲ — results[24].names[18]; taxon id 62213; Comarum palustre.
  • harilik soopihl — results[24].names[19]; taxon id 62213; Comarum palustre.
  • zábělník bahenní — results[24].names[21]; taxon id 62213; Comarum palustre.
  • díkimura — results[24].names[22]; taxon id 62213; Comarum palustre.
  • Вовче тіло болотяне — results[24].names[23]; taxon id 62213; Comarum palustre.
  • Шабельнік балотны — results[24].names[24]; taxon id 62213; Comarum palustre.
  • močvirski petoprstnik — results[24].names[25]; taxon id 62213; Comarum palustre.
  • Purva vārnkāja — results[24].names[27]; taxon id 62213; Comarum palustre.
  • tőzegpimpó — results[24].names[28]; taxon id 62213; Comarum palustre.
  • Engjarós — results[24].names[29]; taxon id 62213; Comarum palustre.
  • potentil·la palustre — results[24].names[32]; taxon id 62213; Comarum palustre.
  • Pumnalen y gors — results[24].names[33]; taxon id 62213; Comarum palustre.
  • nátržnica močiarna — results[24].names[34]; taxon id 62213; Comarum palustre.
Plant references

Source-backed information

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

Taxonomy
Catalogue of Life treats Potentilla palustris as a synonym of Comarum palustre.

Taxonomic treatment in the August 2026 release; the catalogue record name is preserved.

Sources [1] [2]
Botanical family
Rosaceae

Family in the cited taxonomic treatment.

Sources [2]
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 [3] [4]
Native range
Subarctic & Temp. Northern Hemisphere.

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

Sources [5]
Catalogue ratings

Who this plant supports

Honey bees

Low suitability
Nectar value Low
Pollen value Low
Plant profile

About this plant

marsh cinquefoil (Potentilla palustris) is a herbaceous plant. It flowers from June to July.

Sources and references

References for the information marked with source numbers on this page.

Sources checked
  1. Catalogue of Life Potentilla palustris — Catalogue of Life COL26.8

    COL26.8 (2026-08-20). Contributing checklist: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World. This is taxonomic evidence, not an independent ecological study.

    Supports: Taxonomy
    Relevant sections
    • Taxonomy: NameUsage.tsv line 1017532; ID 4M5SP; rank species; status synonym

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    Source data licence: CC BY 4.0.

  2. Catalogue of Life Comarum palustre — Catalogue of Life COL26.8

    COL26.8 (2026-08-20). Contributing checklist: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World. This is taxonomic evidence, not an independent ecological study.

    Supports: TaxonomyBotanical family
    Relevant sections
    • Taxonomy: NameUsage.tsv line 5356574; ID XDR2; rank species; status accepted
    • Botanical family: NameUsage.tsv line 5356574; ID XDR2; rank species; status accepted

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    Source data licence: CC BY 4.0.

  3. Royal Horticultural Society RHS Plants for Pollinators — Plants Of The World

    RHS planting guidance; applicable flower-form restrictions are retained. General recommendations do not measure local nectar or pollen production.

    Supports: Pollinator guidance
    Relevant sections
    • Pollinator guidance: Page 2, column 2, entry Potentilla species (top 232 pt)

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  4. Royal Horticultural Society RHS Plants for Pollinators — Garden Plants

    RHS planting guidance; applicable flower-form restrictions are retained. General recommendations do not measure local nectar or pollen production.

    Supports: Pollinator guidance
    Relevant sections
    • Pollinator guidance: Page 4, column 2, entry Potentilla species (top 472 pt)

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  5. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew Comarum palustre — Kew WCVP native distribution

    Native distribution and taxonomic treatment from the official WCVP v16 export (4 June 2026). The link opens the corresponding POWO taxon. Source rows are retained in the native-range audit archive.

    Supports: Native range
    Relevant sections
    • Native range: WCVP v16; wcvp_names.csv lines 841111, 1434471; wcvp_distribution.csv native locality lines 1515247, 1515248, 1515249, 1515250, 1515251, 1515252, 1515253, 1515254, 1515255, 1515256, 1515257, 1515258, 1515259, 1515260, 1515261, 1515262, 1515263, 1515264, 1515265, 1515266, 1515267, 1515268, 1515269, 1515270, 1515271, 1515272, 1515273, 1515274, 1515275, 1515276, 1515277, 1515278, 1515279, 1515280, 1515281, 1515282, 1515283, 1515284, 1515285, 1515286, 1515287, 1515288, 1515289, 1515290, 1515291, 1515292, 1515293, 1515294, 1515295, 1515296, 1515297, 1515298, 1515299, 1515300, 1515301, 1515302, 1515303, 1515304, 1515305, 1515306, 1515307, 1515308, 1515309, 1515310, 1515311, 1515312, 1515313, 1515314, 1515315, 1515316, 1515317, 1515318, 1515319, 1515320, 1515321, 1515322, 1515323, 1515324, 1515325, 1515326, 1515327, 1515328, 1515329, 1515330, 1515331, 1515332, 1515333, 1515334, 1515335, 1515336, 1515337, 1515338, 1515339, 1515340

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    Source data licence: CC BY 3.0.