Summary
Verified:
05/11/2006
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Reference(s)
- Erhardt, W. et al. 2002. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 17. Auflage Note: = Potentilla fruticosa var. fruticosa
- Gilbert, L. 1998. pers. comm. Note: re. English common names
- Groth, D. 2005. pers. comm. Note: re. Brazilian common names
Common names
English
golden hardhack – shrubby cinquefoil – French
potentille arbustive – German
gewöhnlicher Fingerstrauch – Strauch-Fingerkraut – Portuguese (Brazil)
cinco-dedos – cinco-folhas – Swedish
tok –
Distribution
| order_code | Status | Continent | Subcontinent | Country | State | Note |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | China | China | Gansu Sheng | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | China | China | Hebei Sheng | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | China | China | Heilongjiang Sheng | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | China | China | Jilin Sheng | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | China | China | Liaoning Sheng | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | China | China | Nei Mongol Zizhiqu | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | China | China | Shaanxi Sheng | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | China | China | Shanxi Sheng | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | China | China | Sichuan Sheng | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | China | China | Xinjiang Uygur Zizhiqu | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | China | China | Xizang Zizhiqu | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | China | China | Yunnan Sheng | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Middle Asia | Kyrgyzstan | | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Mongolia | Mongolia | | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Siberia | Russian Federation | Altay | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Siberia | Russian Federation | Buryatia | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Siberia | Russian Federation | Chita | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Siberia | Russian Federation | Gorno-Altay | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Siberia | Russian Federation | Irkutsk | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Siberia | Russian Federation | Khakassia | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Siberia | Russian Federation | Krasnoyarsk | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Siberia | Russian Federation | Taymyr | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Siberia | Russian Federation | Tuva | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Siberia | Russian Federation | Tyumen | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Siberia | Russian Federation | Yakutia-Sakha | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indian Subcontinent | Bhutan | | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indian Subcontinent | India | | n. |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indian Subcontinent | Nepal | | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indian Subcontinent | Pakistan | | n.e. |
| 1 | Native | Europe | Eastern Europe | Estonia | | |
| 1 | Native | Europe | Eastern Europe | Latvia | | |
| 1 | Native | Europe | Northern Europe | Ireland | | |
| 1 | Native | Europe | Northern Europe | Sweden | | |
| 1 | Native | Europe | Northern Europe | United Kingdom | | |
| 2 | Cultivated | | | | | also cult. |
| 4 | Naturalized | | | | | natzd. elsewhere |
Native
Asia-Temperate
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SIBERIA:
Russian Federation [Altay, Buryatia, Chita, Gorno-Altay, Irkutsk, Khakassia, Krasnoyarsk, Taymyr, Tuva, Tyumen, Yakutia-Sakha]
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MIDDLE ASIA:
Kyrgyzstan
-
MONGOLIA:
Mongolia
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CHINA:
China [Gansu Sheng, Hebei Sheng, Heilongjiang Sheng, Jilin Sheng, Liaoning Sheng, Nei Mongol Zizhiqu, Shaanxi Sheng, Shanxi Sheng, Sichuan Sheng, Xinjiang Uygur Zizhiqu, Xizang Zizhiqu, Yunnan Sheng]
Asia-Tropical
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INDIAN SUBCONTINENT:
Bhutan, India (n.), Nepal, Pakistan (n.e.)
Europe
-
NORTHERN EUROPE:
United Kingdom, Ireland, Sweden
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EASTERN EUROPE:
Estonia, Latvia
Cultivated
(also cult.)
Naturalized
(natzd. elsewhere)
Economic Uses
| Usage | Type | Note | Reference |
| Environmental | ornamental | fide Dict Gard, as Potentilla fruticosa; Krussmann, as Potentilla fruticosa | Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening |
| Environmental | revegetator | for land reclamation | Gilbert, L. 1998. pers. comm. Note: re. English common names |
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System.
2025. Germplasm Resources Information Network
(GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://grip.mawarid.gov.om/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=450402.
Accessed 15 May 2025.