YELLOW AND ORANGE WILD FLOWERS 



nearly as long as the petals and is covered with 

 fine, matted white hairs. The flowers are borne 

 on short stems, in small, terminal groups. It is found 

 from May to September, in dry soil, from Nova Scotia 

 to Ontario and Dakota, south to the District of Colum- 

 bia, Indiana, and Kansas. 



SHRUBBY CINQUEFOIL. PRAIRIE WEED 



Potentilla fruticosa. Rose Family. 



This very leafy, much branched Cinquefoil grows 

 from six inches to four feet high, and, on account of 

 its rapid and persistent growth, it has roused the ire 

 of farmers, particularly in the New England States, 

 where it has been severely condemned as a most 

 troublesome weed. The tough, shreddy barked stem 

 is stained with brown. The leaf has from five to seven 

 narrow, oblong, silky-surfaced and crowded leaflets, 

 and they approach nearer to the shape of the fingers 

 than those of any of the other Cinquefoils. They 

 are thick-textured, and the toothless edges are 

 slightly curled under. They are whiter on the under 

 side. The large, five - petalled, bright yellow 

 flowers are densely grouped on slender stems, in 

 terminal, leafy flat -topped clusters, or sometimes 

 they are solitary. The numerous stamens are 

 tipped with darker coloured anthers. This plant 

 is found from June to September in swamps or 

 moist, rocky places, in Labrador and Greenland, to 

 Alaska, south to New Jersey, Illinois, Minnesota, 

 and in the Rocky Mountains to Arizona, where 



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