Common Name: old field cinquefoil, common cinquefoil
Scientific Name: Potentilla simplex Michx.
Family Name: Rosaceae - Rose Family

Identification Notes:

life cycle - native perennial, reproducing by seed and stolons

stems - prostrate, branched, hairy, usually red, rooting at nodes growth habit 1, growth habit 2, growth habit 3

leaves - alternate, palmate compound, 5 to 7 leaflets; leaflets oblanceolate to obovate, toothed, whitish below leaves 1, leaves 2

flowers - 5-petaled, yellow, petals notched, long stalked; solitary, axillary flowers

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