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{{Short description|Species of flowering plant}}
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|image = Potentilla hippiana 3.jpg
|status = G5
|status_system = TNC
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▲|genus = ''[[Potentilla]]''
▲|species = '''''P. hippiana'''''
|binomial = ''Potentilla hippiana''▼
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'''''Potentilla hippiana''''' is a species of flowering plant in the [[Rosaceae|rose family]] known by the common names '''woolly cinquefoil''', '''horse cinquefoil''', and '''Hipp's cinquefoil'''. It is native to North America, where it occurs in western Canada and the western United States. It occurs in eastern Canada and the US state of [[Michigan]] as an [[introduced species]].<ref name=feis>Meyer, Rachelle. 2009. [http://www.fs.fed.us/database/feis/plants/forb/pothip/all.html ''Potentilla hippiana'']. In: Fire Effects Information System, [Online]. U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station, Fire Sciences Laboratory.</ref>
This perennial herb grows up to
This plant grows in a variety of habitat types, including [[grassland]], forest, meadow, and sagebrush communities. It may occur in dry or wet habitat, several soil types, flat territory and slopes, and a range of temperatures. It can be found at [[elevation]] in [[subalpine]] and [[alpine climate]]s. Plant species occurring with this cinquefoil in multiple habitat types include [[Koeleria macrantha|prairie junegrass]] (''Koeleria macrantha''), [[Carex geyeri|elk sedge]] (''Carex geyeri''), [[Achillea millefolium|western yarrow]] (''Achillea millefolium''), [[Lupinus argenteus|silvery lupine]] (''Lupinus argenteus''), [[Taraxacum officinale|common dandelion]] (''Taraxacum officinale''), and [[Erigeron formosissimus|beautiful fleabane]] (''Erigeron formosissimus'').<ref name=feis/>
This species was named by the botanist [[Johann Georg Christian Lehmann]] for his friend, Charles Friedrich Hipp.<ref name=usgs>[http://www.npwrc.usgs.gov/resource/plants/wildflwr/species/potehipp.htm ''Potentilla hippiana''.] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120914005104/http://www.npwrc.usgs.gov/resource/plants/wildflwr/species/potehipp.htm |date=2012-09-14 }} Native Wildflowers of the North Dakota Grasslands. USGS.</ref>
==References==
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==External links==
*[http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=POHI6 USDA Plants Profile]
*[http://www.natureserve.org/explorer/servlet/NatureServe?searchName=Potentilla+hippiana The Nature Conservancy]
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[[Category:Potentilla|hippiana]]
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