Potentilla wheeleri is a species of cinquefoil known by the common name Kern cinquefoil[1] or Wheeler's cinquefoil.[2] It is native to the Sierra Nevada and nearby ranges of California and it has been reported from Arizona[1] and Baja California.[2] Its habitat includes moist areas in mountainous regions. This tuftlike plant produces spreading, decumbent stems with leaves sometimes arranged in a rosette about the caudex. The hairy stems reach a maximum length near 25 centimeters. The rough-haired leaves are palmate, each divided into five wedge-shaped leaflets which are lined or tipped with teeth. The inflorescence is a cyme of several flowers with yellow petals each a few millimeters long.
| Potentilla wheeleri | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Rosales |
| Family: | Rosaceae |
| Genus: | Potentilla |
| Species: | P. wheeleri
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| Binomial name | |
| Potentilla wheeleri | |
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Potentilla viscidula | |
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