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Potentilla simplex Michaux. Section: Potentilla. Common name: Old-field Five-fingers. Phenology: Apr-Jun; Apr-Jul. Habitat: Woodlands, fields, disturbed areas. Distribution: NL (Newfoundland) and MN south to Panhandle FL, AL, and TX.

Origin/Endemic status: Native

Synonymy ⓘ: = Ar, C, Can, Fl3, FNA9, G, GrPl, K4, Mi, NcTx, NE, NY, Pa, RAB, Tx, Va, W, WH3, WV; > Potentilla canadensis L. — S, misapplied; > Potentilla canadensis L. var. canadensis — S13, misapplied; > Potentilla canadensis L. var. simplex (Michx.) Torr. & A.Gray — S13; > Potentilla simplex Michx. — S; > Potentilla simplex Michx. var. argyrisma Fernald — F, Il, Tn; > Potentilla simplex Michx. var. calvescens Fernald — F, Il, Tat; > Potentilla simplex Michx. var. simplex — F, Il, Tn; Potentilla simplex Michx. Basionym: Potentilla simplex Michx. 1803

Links to other floras: = Potentilla simplex - FNA9

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Wetland Indicator Status:

  • Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain: FACU
  • Eastern Mountains and Piedmont: FACU
  • Great Plains: UPL
  • Midwest: FACU
  • Northcentral & Northeast: FACU

Heliophily ⓘ: 6

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Horticultural Information

NCBG trait

Intro: Low, creeping perennial of woodlands, fields and disturbed areas.

Stems: Stems unbranched and hairy.

Leaves: Leaves alternate; petiolate; palmately divided into 5 narrowly oval leaflets, these 3/4-3 in. long, sharply toothed except near the base, smooth above and smooth to slightly hairy beneath.

Inforescence:

Flowers: Flowers solitary on stalks, the first arising from the axil of the second well-developed stem leaf; yellow; about 1/2 in. wide; consisting of 5 rounded petals, 5 triangular hairy sepals, and many stamens circling the yellow center.

Fruits: Fruit an aggregate of achenes.

Comments:

Height: 4-16 in., usually less than 12 in.

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bloom table text:

description: Low, creeping perennial of woodlands, fields and disturbed areas.

stems: Stems unbranched and hairy.

leaves: Leaves alternate; petiolate; palmately divided into 5 narrowly oval leaflets, these 3/4-3 in. long, sharply toothed except near the base, smooth above and smooth to slightly hairy beneath.

inflorescence:

flowers: Flowers solitary on stalks, the first arising from the axil of the second well-developed stem leaf; yellow; about 1/2 in. wide; consisting of 5 rounded petals, 5 triangular hairy sepals, and many stamens circling the yellow center.

fruits: Fruit an aggregate of achenes.

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native range: eastern North America



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