ROSACES 



THE LEAVES: alternate; five-fingered, the leaflets generally 

 oblong, obtuse at the apex, narrowed at the base, with 

 varying amount of silky hairs; deeply serrate; leaves 

 long-stalked. 



THE FLOWERS: small; petals broadly oval; calyx lobes 

 acute; stamens numerous. 



THE FRUIT: achenes. 



This is the weak-stemmed Cinquefoil, that lies on the 

 ground and from the nodes rise pure yellow, five-petaled 

 flowers, about half an inch broad. 



ROSACE^E ROSE FAMILY 



Potentilla recta, L. 



Light yellow 



Rough-fruited Cinquefoil. 

 June-September 



Potentilla: for derivation see argentea. 

 Recta: Latin for upright. 



THE PREFERRED HABITAT: roadsides and waste places. 



THE PLANT: erect, one foot to two feet high; the stem 

 rather .stout, branched above, with silky hairs. 



THE LEAVES: alternate; five-seven fingered; leaflets gen- 

 erally lanceolate, with few scattered hairs on the upper 

 surfaces, hairs more dense on the lower surface, obtuse at 

 the apex, narrowed at the base; all but the uppermost 

 petioled. 



THE FLOWERS: numerous; about twenty stamens. 

 THE FRUIT: carpels. 



A pretty Cinquefoil, of which the light yellow flowers 

 look somewhat like extremely small, old-fashioned, single 



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