Wildflower of the valley
Rigid Cinquefoil
Potentilla rigida
- How easy to find
- Rare — you will see it only in some places
- Flower size
- Medium
- Family
- Rosaceae (Rose family)
- Type
- Shrub
- Height
- medium
- Flower colour
- yellow
- Flowering
- June to October
About Rigid Cinquefoil
Potentilla rigida is a shrub of height 50-90 cm. It has woody rootstocks. Branches are woody, spreading, prostrate. Leaves are 3-foliolate. Flowers are bright yellow in color. Flowers are solitary, axillary and terminal. The specific name Rigida means stiff leaves.
Where to find it
- Near the entrance of the valley
- In the middle of the valley
- In the deeper parts of the valley
- Around Hemkund Sahib
Habitat
Among boulders and rocks.
What the name means
Potentilla: Latin "little powerful one"; rigida means "stiff".
Don't confuse it with
Potentilla rigida (sno 81) is stiffer and more spreading; sno 16 (unnamed Potentilla) may be P. atrosanguinea or P. fulgens.
