Cliff Cinquefoil

Description

Potentilla rimicola is a species of cinquefoil-Potentilla, known by the common name cliff cinquefoil. It is native to the San Jacinto Mountains in Riverside County of the Peninsular Ranges in Southern California where it is known from just a few occurrences, and to Baja California. As its name suggests, it has been observed growing on cliff faces, its taproot anchoring in cracks in granite rock and its foliage hanging.