Big-flower Cinquefoil

Drymocallis fissa, the bigflower cinquefoil, also known as the leafy cinquefoil, leafy drymocallis, or wood beauty, is a small plant also sometimes classified as Potentilla fissa. It is a herbaceous plant with a thick taproot known for its moderately hairy leaves, redish leaf stems, and relatively large yellow flowers. It is native to foothills and lower mountains the Rocky Mountain region in the western United States.

Individuals of this species have numerous stems that come from the top of a single rootstalk with branched persistent woody stems (caudex).^[3] The leaves are pinnate with 7-13 slightly hairy leaflets. Leaflet edges are incised to small points. The stems are hairy and redish. Plant usually most often has a cyme with multiple flowers per stem that is taller than the leaves coming up from the plant's base.^[4][5] Plants usually grow between 15–35 cm tall, but occasionally will be as short as 12 cm or as tall as 45 cm.^[3]