This yellow flower was on a bush along side the stream (Tropic Ditch) at the Mossy Cave viewpoint at Bryce canyon (relatively lower elevation). It was the second week of June. What is it?
I have seen shrubby cinquefoil actually growing right in running water in the Rockies. It was recently placed in Dasiphora (making it D. fruticosa), which separates it from non-woody Potentilla species.