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Photographer: Merel R. Black
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Family Rosaceae
Potentilla simplex Michx.
common cinquefoil, old-field five-fingers, old-field cinquefoil
Potentilla: comes from the Latin diminutive of potens meaning "powerful" in reference to the medicinal properties of some species
simplex: simple, undivided, unbranched
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| Status: | Native |
| Plant: | erect to creeping, perennial, 2"-12" tall, smooth forb; thin stems trailing along the ground; long spaces between the rooting nodes |
| Flower: | yellow, 5-parted, 1/3"-1/2" wide; solitary flowers on a thin stalk from the leaf axils; blooms April-June |
| Leaf: | palmately-divided into 5 toothed leaflets |
| Habitat: | dry; woods, fields, meadows |
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