*Potentilla recta Linnaeus. Section: Rectae. Common name: Sulphur Five-fingers, Sulphur Cinquefoil. Phenology: Apr-Jul; May-Aug. Habitat: Fields, pastures, roadsides, other disturbed areas. Distribution: Native of Europe.
Origin/Endemic status: Europe
Synonymy ⓘ: = Ar, C, Can, F, Fl3, FNA9, G, GrPl, Il, K4, Mi, NcTx, NE, NY, Pa, RAB, Tat, Tn, Tx, Va, W, WH3, WV. Basionym: Potentilla recta L. 1753
Links to other floras: = Potentilla recta - FNA9
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Heliophily ⓘ: 8
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Horticultural Information
Intro: An erect or ascending perennial of fields, pastures, roadsides and other disturbed areas. Native of Europe.
Stems: Stems branching near top of plant, sometimes tinged with red, covered with white spreading hairs.
Leaves: Leaves alternate; sessile to petiolate; palmately divided into 5-9 narrowly lance-shaped leaflets (upper leaves smaller and with 3-5 leaflets), these 1 1/4-3 1/2 in. long, coarsely toothed, and hairy.
Inforescence:
Flowers: Flowers in flat-topped clusters; pale yellow; about 3/4 in. wide; consisting of 5 heart-shaped petals, 5 shorter, hairy, pointed sepals, and numerous yellow stamens with yellowish-brown tips circling the yellow center.
Fruits: Fruit a dense aggregate of tiny, dark-brown achenes.
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Height: 1-2 1/2 ft.
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description: An erect or ascending perennial of fields, pastures, roadsides and other disturbed areas. Native of Europe.
stems: Stems branching near top of plant, sometimes tinged with red, covered with white spreading hairs.
leaves: Leaves alternate; sessile to petiolate; palmately divided into 5-9 narrowly lance-shaped leaflets (upper leaves smaller and with 3-5 leaflets), these 1 1/4-3 1/2 in. long, coarsely toothed, and hairy.
inflorescence:
flowers: Flowers in flat-topped clusters; pale yellow; about 3/4 in. wide; consisting of 5 heart-shaped petals, 5 shorter, hairy, pointed sepals, and numerous yellow stamens with yellowish-brown tips circling the yellow center.
fruits: Fruit a dense aggregate of tiny, dark-brown achenes.
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