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Photographer: Merel R. Black
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Family Rosaceae
Potentilla norvegica L.
Norwegian cinquefoil, rough cinquefoil, strawberry-weed
Potentilla: comes from the Latin diminutive of potens meaning "powerful" in reference to the medicinal properties of some species
norvegica: of or from Norway
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| Status: | Native |
| Plant: | erect, annual to perennial, 1'-3' tall forb; stems very leafy, stout, finely hairy, mostly branched |
| Flower: | yellow, 5-parted, 1/3" wide, petals nearly as long as the sepals; inflorescence with many flowers in a tight, branched cluster (cyme); blooms June-Aug. |
| Fruit: | dry seed |
| Leaf: | 3-parted, elliptical to widely oval to 3" long, with rounded teeth |
| Habitat: | dry; disturbed sites |
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