This high elevation Potentilla is sheep cinquefoil (Potentilla ovina var. ovina), part of the Rose Family (Rosaceae). It has deeply divided leaflets that are green above and gray below, and very hairy. The plant creeps along the ground and grows in parts of western North America. The name "sheep" is due to the type specimen, found on Sheep Mountain in British Columbia.
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