Common Name: Cinquefoil or Five Finger
Scientific Name: Potentilla canadensis
Family Name: Rosaceae
Serendipity Ranch
Columbus, North Carolina
April 20, 2002
A rhizomatous perennial with 5 leaflets, the center one up to 1 1/2 inches long. The young leaflets, petioles, and lower leaf surface are pubescent with long, silky hairs. A northern species extending southward to Georgia, these often weedy plants are relatively frequent in pastures, lawns, and along the margins of woodlands more or less throughout our state. March - May. [Justice, William S. and Bell, C. Ritchie, Wild Flowers of North Carolina. University of North Carolina Press, Chapel Hill, 1968]
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Alphabetical Listings -- A B C D, E F G H I, J, K L M N, O P Q, R S T U, V W X, Y, Z
Family Listings -- A B C D, E F G H I, J, K L M N, O P Q, R S T U, V W X, Y, Z
Genus Listings -- A B C D, E F G H I, J, K L M N, O P Q, R S T U, V W X, Y, Z