Potentilla simplex
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Photo Courtesy Renee Brecht |
Britton & Brown |
| Botanical name: | Potentilla simplex |
| Common name: | common cinquefoil |
| Group: | dicot |
| Family: | Rosaceae |
| Growth type: | forb/herb |
| Duration: | perennial |
| Origin: | native |
| Plant height: | up to 10" or may creep |
| Foliage: | five toothed leaflets |
| Flower: | 5 yellow petals, 1/2"-3/4" |
| Flowering time: | mid April to June; fruit to July |
| Habitat: | moist or dry ground of shaded wood edges, fields, bluffs, and meadows |
| Range in New Jersey: | statewide but rare in the Pine Barrens |
| Heritage ranking, if any: | n/a |
| Distribution: |  |