Scientific Name
Potentilla recta

Common Name
Rough-fruited cinquefoil
Life Cycle: Perennial

Height: 1 to 2 feet
Flower/fruit: Flat terminal cluster of .5 to 1 inch pale yellow flowers with five petals  
Flowering Season: Spring into summer
Foliage: Leafy, hairy multi-branched stem; leaves have 5 to 7 narrow, coarsely toothed, 1 to 3 inch leaflets; runners up to 3 feet
Site: Roadsides, fields
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