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(First upload on November 13 2009. Last on June 14 2026) [ 日本語 | English ]

Potentilla L. (キジムシロ) Kinrobai (キンロバイ, 金露梅), shrubby cinquefoil Lifeform: shrub less than 2 m in height Distribution: Aisa - North America Alpine and subalpine zones in the northern parts of Japan → treated as an alpine plant Habitat: wet and dry ground, forests, heaths, etc. (rocky sites in the case of Japan) → wetland (湿原) Utilization: gardening (bonsai) Synonyms:

Dasiphora rigida (Wall. ex Lehm.) Sojak Potentilla fruticosa L. var. rigida (Wall. ex Lehm.) Th.Wolf Pentaphylloides floribunda (Pursh) A.Love Pentaphylloides fruticosa (L.) O.Sw. Potentilla fruticosa L. var. arbuscula (D.Don) Maxim. var. tenuifolila (Willd. ex D. F. K. Schltdl.) Lehm. (キヌゲキンロバイ) var. mandshurica Maxim. (ギンロバイ) Dasiphora Raf. Dasiphora fruticosa (L.) Rydb. ⇒ when separated from Potentilla because only this species is woody in Potentilla

Potentilla fruticosa in the Northern Hemisphere

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Hokkaido

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[1-3] between the fifth and seventh stations on Mount Apoi (アポイ岳), south-central Hokkaido, on June 15 2016.

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var. mandshurica Ginrobai (ギンロバイ, 銀露梅) Distribution: alpine zones in Shikoku and central Honshu Flower: white petal

Use: gardening Synonyms: Dasiphora fruticosa (L.) Rydb. var. mandshurica (Maxim.) Nakai

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[1] on south‑side roadside flower beds by the Hokkaido University Botanical Garden on May 23 2026. [2/3] along a paved road at the foot of small hill in the city of Muroran on September 12 2016.

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North America

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[1] shoots at around Toolik Lake LTER Station on August 8 2009. [2-4] at a research site in Kougarok, Seward Peninsula, Alaska, on August 9 2012. I have ever seen this species in the Ruoergai wetland of southern-central China (no photos...). [5] a pale-yellow flower along a paved road near a harbor in Saint John, New Brunswick, eastern Canada, on September 19 2014.