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| Photo
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Britton and Brown. See
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| Botanical name: |
Potentilla canadensis L. |
| Common
name: |
dwarf cinquefoil |
| Potentilla simplex
Potentilla canadensis var. simplex |
| Group: |
dicot |
| Family: |
Rosaceae |
| Growth
Type: |
forb/herb |
| Duration: |
perennial |
| Origin: |
native |
| Plant
height: |
2-4" ; runners 6" |
| Foliage: |
wedge-shaped leaflets, toothed only above the middle; densely silvery hairy; 5 leaflets; spreads via runners |
| Flower
color: |
yellow |
| Flower
size: |
1/4"-1/2" |
| Flowering/fruiting time |
early May to mid-June |
| Habitat: |
dry open ground of fields, pastures, thin woods and shaded edges |
| Range
in
New Jersey: |
statewide, rare in the Pine Barrens |
| Heritage ranking if any: |
n/a |
| Distribution: |
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| Misc.: |
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Sources
**USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British Possessions. Vol. 2: 251. |
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