Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Rosids: Fabids: Rosales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Potentilla simplex
FAMILY
Rosaceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read more about Old Field Cinquefoil at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Potentilla simplex
FAMILY
Rosaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Potentilla simplex
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 9 (2014)
Potentilla simplex
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 097-04-002:
Potentilla simplex FAMILY Rosaceae
INCLUDING (MISAPPLIED) Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Potentilla canadensis
INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Potentilla simplex
COMMON NAME:
Old Field Cinquefoil, Old-field Five-fingers, Common Cinquefoil
To see larger pictures, click or hover over the thumbnails.
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_posi2_001_lvd
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JK Marlow jkm060513_109
May Clay County NC
Nantahala National Forest: Tusquitee Ranger District
Stem often reddish, per Forest Plants of the Southeast and Their Wildlife Uses (Miller & Miller, 2005).
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JK Marlow jkm060513_116
May Clay County NC
Nantahala National Forest: Tusquitee Ranger District
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JK Marlow jkm120505_347
May Rabun County GA
Chattahoochee National Forest
Leaves palmately compound/Leaflet margins coarsely toothed except near base, per Forest Plants of the Southeast and Their Wildlife Uses (Miller & Miller, 2005).
COMPARE
leaves of Fragaria and Potentilla
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JK Marlow jkm120517_083
May Yancey County NC
Blue Ridge Parkway
Flowers golden-yellow, 10-15mm wide. The 5 petals have notched tips, per Forest Plants of the Southeast and Their Wildlife Uses (Miller & Miller, 2005).
COMPARE
flowers of Cinquefoil and Strawberry species
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JK Marlow jkm120517_086
May Yancey County NC
Blue Ridge Parkway
The stems are slender with long internodes, softly-hairy to almost smooth, per Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005).
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JK Marlow jkm120517_093
May Yancey County NC
Blue Ridge Parkway
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JK Marlow jkm150510_048
May Lumpkin County GA
DeSoto Falls
First [lowest] flower usually from axil of 2nd well-developed stem leaf, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).
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JK Marlow jkm200517_4903
May Transylvania County NC
DuPont State Forest
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JK Marlow jkm200517_4907
May Transylvania County NC
DuPont State Forest
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JK Marlow jkm200517_4908
May Transylvania County NC
DuPont State Forest
Epicalyx bractlets linear to narrowly lanceolate, often larger than sepals, per Flora of North America.
COMPARE
sepals and bracts of Cinquefoil and Strawberry species
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_potentilla_simplex_1
May
Flowers solitary on long wiry stalks, per Forest Plants of the Southeast and Their Wildlife Uses (Miller & Miller, 2005).
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Potentilla simplex
FAMILY
Rosaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Potentilla simplex
FAMILY
Rosaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Potentilla simplex
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 9
Potentilla simplex
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 097-04-002:
Potentilla simplex
FAMILY
Rosaceae
INCLUDING (MISAPPLIED)
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Potentilla canadensis
INCLUDING
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Potentilla simplex
1146
Forb
Perennial
Habitat: woodlands, fields, disturbed areas, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common (uncommon in GA Coastal Plain)
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LEAVES:
Palmately compound: 5 leaflets
Alternate
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
Yellow
Radially symmetrical
5 united sepals/5 bracts
5 petals
20 stamens, in 3 lengths
FRUIT:
Spring/Summer
Brown
Achene
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Forest Plants of the Southeast and Their Wildlife Uses (Miller & Miller, 2005) p150
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 1st ed. (Porcher & Rayner, 2001) p370
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 2nd ed. (McMillan, Porcher, Rayner, & White; 2022) p529
- Newcomb's Wildflower Guide (Newcomb, 1977) p240
- Field Guide to the Rare Plants of Georgia (Chafin, 2007) p357
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast (Cotterman, Waitt, & Weakley, 2019) p267
- Wildflowers of the Eastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1999) p026
- Field Guide to the Wildflowers of Georgia (Chafin, 2016) p313
- Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005) p120
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005) p152
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998) p070
- Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region (Sorrie, 2011) p328
- Weeds of Southern Turfgrasses (Murphy et al., 1992) p173
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