Common Name: silvery cinquefoil
Scientific Name: Potentilla argentea L.
Family Name: Rosaceae - Rose Family

Identification Notes:

life cycle - introduced perennial, reproducing by seed

stems - prostrate with ascending tips, branched, white pubescent growth habit

leaves - alternate, palmate compound, 5 to 7 leaflets; leaflets stalked, deeply toothed, down-turned margins, undersurface white and wooly - appears silver leaves, leaf undersides

flowers - 5-petaled, yellow; terminal clusters flowers

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