Intro: A low, creeping perennial of woodlands, forests, fields, lawns and disturbed areas.

Stems: Stems unbranched, covered with silvery silky hairs.

Leaves: Leaves alternate; petiolate; palmately divided into 5 wedge-shaped leaflets, these to 1 1/2 in. long each, the rounded upper half coarsely toothed; with long, silky hairs beneath and smooth to hairy above.

Inforescence:

Flowers: Flowers solitary, on stalks, the first arising from the axil of the first well-developed stem leaf; yellow; to 5/8 in. wide; consisting of 5 rounded petals, 5 pointed hairy sepals, and many stamens circling the yellow center.

Fruits: Fruit an aggregate of achenes.

Comments:

Height: 2-4 in.

plant sale text: Dwarf cinquefoil is a loose, low-growing ground cover that produces small yellow flowers extending from the axils of palmate leaves in the spring. Native to much of the eastern US, this species prefers dry, open soil in fields, woods and on roadsides. Dwarf cinquefoil spreads by means of vining stems and will slowly colonize an open area. An indicator species for impoverished soil, it is the perfect ground cover for tough sites! Dwarf cinquefoil is a nectar source for the grizzled skipper and is frequently visited by several species of native bees.

bloom table text:

description: A low, creeping perennial of woodlands, forests, fields, lawns and disturbed areas.

stems: Stems unbranched, covered with silvery silky hairs.

leaves: Leaves alternate; petiolate; palmately divided into 5 wedge-shaped leaflets, these to 1 1/2 in. long each, the rounded upper half coarsely toothed; with long, silky hairs beneath and smooth to hairy above.

inflorescence:

flowers: Flowers solitary, on stalks, the first arising from the axil of the first well-developed stem leaf; yellow; to 5/8 in. wide; consisting of 5 rounded petals, 5 pointed hairy sepals, and many stamens circling the yellow center.

fruits: Fruit an aggregate of achenes.

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native range: eastern North America