Oldfield Five Fingers; Oldfield Fivefingers; Old Field Five Fingers; Old Field Fivefingers; Creeping Cinquefoil; Creeping Five Fingers; Creeping Fivefingers

Potentilla reptans

Not native to Kentucky

Photographs are not available yet.

Ecological relationships

Who uses this plant?

7CaterpillarsGenus host records with ranges including KY

Genus host records with ranges including KY · Potentilla

Ancylis floridanaStrawberry Leafroller
Hypena scabraGreen Cloverworm Bomolocha, Black Snout
Nomophila nearcticaLucerne Moth, American Celery Webworm
Papaipema nebrisStalk Borer
Platynota flavedanaBlack-Shaded Platynota
Pyrgus centaureaeGrizzled Skipper
Sparganothis unifascianaOne-Lined Sparganothis

Shropshire & Tallamy 2025, Lepidoptera of North America north of Mexico, ZooKeys 1261 (ODbL)

—BeesSoutheastern regional records

2Specialist beesPollen specialists

Pollen specialists · Potentilla

Andrena melanochroa
Panurginus potentillae

Smith, Bachelder, Russell, Morales, Mosher & Seltmann 2024, Bee-Specialization-Modeling v0.6.1 (specialist host table compiled from J. Fowler's pollen specialist bee lists), Zenodo, CC BY 4.0

8BirdsRecorded genus food-resource interactions; not a state feeding claim

Recorded genus food-resource interactions; not a state feeding claim · Potentilla

Bonasa umbellusRuffed Grouse
Calcarius lapponicusLapland Longspur
Callipepla californicaCalifornia Quail
Lagopus leucuraWhite-tailed Ptarmigan
Perdix perdixGray Partridge
Pinicola enucleatorPine Grosbeak
Plectrophenax nivalisSnow Bunting
Spizella breweriBrewer's Sparrow

Hurlbert, Olsen, Sawyer & Winner 2021, Avian Diet Database, Scientific Data 8: 260 (CC0)

Growing and identification

Plant details

Family: Rosaceae

Safety has not been reviewed for this plant; check toxicity and thorns before planting.

Conservation status

Kentucky rank	SNA
Global rank	Not available
KY status	Not verified
Federal status	Not verified

Conservation source

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