40 WILD FLOWERS AND FRUITS 



Shrubby Cinquefoil {Potentilla fructiosa). Rose 

 family. 

 Max. ht. 4 ft.; stem with many branches; petals 

 rounded; leaflets about 6, oblong to lance-shaped, 

 not toothed. Wet ground. Early summer. 



Fig. 19. 



Common cinquefoil {Potentilla Canadensis). 



Silvery Cinquefoil {Potentilla argeniea). Rose family. 

 Ht. I ft. or under, branching at top; many flowers 

 resembling preceding; leaves of 5 leaflets, toothed 

 at end, white underneath. Dry ground. Early 

 summer. 



Yellow Avexs (Geum sirictum). Rose family. 



Av. ht. 3^ ft.; hairy; calyx bell-shaped; petals 

 broad, inversely egg-shaped; root-leaves irregu- 

 larly pinnate; leaflets wedge-shaped; leaflets of 

 stem-leaves (3-5) egg-shaped to oblong, pointed. 

 Meadows. Summer. 



