Flora
of East-Central Indiana
| Common cinquefoil |
| Scientific Name | Potentilla simplex Michx. |
| Family Name | Rosaceae (Rose Family) |
|
Characteristics |
| Habitat: | dry woods and fields |
| Plant Height: | 20-30 cm, trialing with long runners, initially weak, erect stems |
| Flower Color: | yellow |
| Flower: | 0.5-1 cm wide; borne on long peduncle; 5 petals and sepals; stamens 5 to many; ovaries short with single ovule |
| Inflorescence: | single flower borne on slender pedicels in leaf axis |
| Fruit: | achenes in groups |
| Leaves: | alternate, 5-parted leaves on trailing stem; leaflets palmately compound, long, slender and toothed along margins |
| Bloom Time: | April-June |
| Origins: | native |
| Other: | cinquefoil translates to five-fingers |
| general plant habit | leaves | close up of flower | form |
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