Gray's Cinquefoil

Potentilla grayi S.Wats. Proc. Am. Acad. 8 : 560. 1873
Potentilla Clarkiana Kellogg, Proc. Calif. Acad. 7 : 94. 1876.
Somewhat tufted, perennial, with short caudex ; stems subscapose, 5-15 cm. high, minutely strigose or glabrous, few-dowered ; stipules ovate, acute, entire or often few-toothed ; leaves basal, pinnately 3-foliolate, with the middle leaflet long-petiolulate, sparingly hirsute or glabrate, shining ; leaflets 1-2 cm. long, very broadly obovate or sometimes nearly orbicular in outline, entire at the base, upwards coarsely 5-7-toothed, with the terminal tooth generally smaller ; flowers on slender pedicels, about 1 cm. in diameter ; hypanthium strigose in fruit, 7-8 mm. in diameter; bractlets ovate or oval, generally obtuse and only half as long as the ovate, usually acute sepals, which are about 5 mm. long ; petals orbicular or 'broadly ovate, slightly retuse, longer than the sepals; stamens about 20; pistils many ; styles filiform.
Type locality : Yosemite Valley.
Distribution : Mountains of California.