{{Short description|Species of plant in the rose family}} {{Speciesbox |image=Potentilla aurea (flower).jpg |image_caption=Close-up of flower |image2=Potentilla aurea Atlas Alpenflora.jpg |image2_caption=Botanical illustration |genus=Potentilla |species=aurea |authority=L. |synonyms_ref=<ref name="324729-2" /> |synonyms={{Collapsible list| *''Dynamidium aureum'' {{small|(L.) Fourr.}} *''Dynamidium erodorum'' {{small|(Jord.) Fourr.}} *''Fragaria aurea'' {{small|(L.) Crantz}} *''Potentilla ambigua'' {{small|Gaudin}} *''Potentilla chrysocraspeda'' {{small|Lehm.}} *''Potentilla erodora'' {{small|Jord. ex Verl.}} *''Potentilla heerii'' {{small|Brügger}} *''Potentilla pseudofrigida'' {{small|Schur}} *''Potentilla ternata'' {{small|K.Koch}} *''Potentilla transsilvanica'' {{small|Schur}} }}}}
'''''Potentilla aurea''''', the '''golden cinquefoil''', is a species of flowering plant in the family Rosaceae.<ref name="PTLAU" >{{cite web |url=https://gd.eppo.int/taxon/PTLAU |title=''Potentilla aurea'' (PTLAU) |author=<!--Not stated--> |date=2022 |website=EPPO Global Database |publisher=European and Mediterranean Plant Protection Organization |access-date=28 March 2022 }}</ref> It is native to the mountains of mainland Europe, and has been introduced to Turkey.<ref name="324729-2" >{{cite POWO |id=324729-2 |title=''Potentilla aurea'' L. |access-date=28 March 2022 }}</ref><ref name="1_of_1990_Google_Scholar_results" >{{cite journal |title=A biogeographic delineation of the European Alpine System based on a cluster analysis of ''Carex curvula''-dominated grasslands |year=2012 |last1=Puşcaş |first1=Mihai |last2=Choler |first2=Philippe |journal=Flora - Morphology, Distribution, Functional Ecology of Plants |volume=207 |issue=3 |pages=168–178 |doi=10.1016/j.flora.2012.01.002 |bibcode=2012FMDFE.207..168P }}</ref> A number of cultivars are available, including 'Aurantiaca', 'Goldklumpen', and 'Plena'.<ref>{{cite web |title=''Potentilla aurea'' 'Aurantiaca' |url=https://www.rhs.org.uk/plants/48907/i-potentilla-aurea-i-aurantiaca/details |date=2022 |publisher=The Royal Horticultural Society |access-date=28 March 2022 |quote=Synonyms; ''Potentilla ternata'' aurantiaca }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=''Potentilla aurea'' 'Goldklumpen' |url=https://www.rhs.org.uk/plants/56271/i-potentilla-aurea-i-goldklumpen/details |date=2022 |publisher=The Royal Horticultural Society |access-date=28 March 2022 |quote=Synonyms; ''Potentilla'' 'Gold Clogs' }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=''Potentilla aurea'' 'Plena' (d) |url=https://www.rhs.org.uk/plants/62124/potentilla-aurea-plena-(d)/details |date=2022 |publisher=The Royal Horticultural Society |access-date=28 March 2022 |quote=2 suppliers }}</ref>
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aurea Category:Flora of Spain Category:Flora of France Category:Flora of Middle Europe Category:Flora of Southeastern Europe Category:Flora of Ukraine Category:Plants described in 1756 Category:Botanical taxa named by Carl Linnaeus {{Rosoideae-stub}}