potentilla

British  

/ ˌpəʊtənˈtɪlə /

noun

1. any rosaceous plant or shrub of the N temperate genus Potentilla, having five-petalled flowers See also cinquefoil silverweed tormentil

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Etymology

Origin of potentilla

C16: New Latin, from Medieval Latin: garden valerian, from Latin potēns powerful, _potent ¹

Example Sentences

Nov. 14, 2003: “What a treat to see late potentilla, pansies and even petunias in bloom. ... These have not been bad replacements for snow at the end of October.”

From New York Times • Jul. 28, 2021

A few of the most common ground covers include ajuga, jasmine, juniper, ivy, pachysandra, wintercreeper, periwinkle, cotoneaster, potentilla, liriope and partridge berry.

From Time Magazine Archive

Its banks are embossed with moss and grass and sedge well mixed with flowers—daisies, larkspurs, solidagos, parnassia, potentilla, strawberry, etc.

From Travels in Alaska by Muir, John

On the top were many interesting Alpine flowers, amongst them a charming white potentilla with a red centre; and a large cream-coloured primula, shading into deep orange.

From Mount Everest the Reconnaissance, 1921 by Howard-Bury, Charles Kenneth

Edwinia, with its attractive waxy white flowers, and potentilla, with bloom of gold, are shrubs which lend a charm to much of the mountain-section.

From Wild Life on the Rockies by Mills, Enos Abijah