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Photographer: Kitty Kohout
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Family Rosaceae
Potentilla argentea L.
silvery cinquefoil, silvery five-fingers
Potentilla: comes from the Latin diminutive of potens meaning "powerful" in reference to the medicinal properties of some species
argentea: silvery
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| Status: | Introduced - naturalized |
| Plant: | erect, perennial, 1"-20" tall, branching forb |
| Flower: | yellow, 5-parted, 1/4"-1/3" wide, petals about the same size as the sepals; inflorescence a branched cluster (cyme); blooms June-Sept. |
| Fruit: | dry, smooth seed |
| Leaf: | palmately-lobed into about 5 narrow leaflets; deeply toothed; undersides of leaves silvery from fine hairs |
| Habitat: | dry; disturbed sites |
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