Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Rosids: Fabids: Rosales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Potentilla recta
FAMILY
Rosaceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Check out EDDMapS.org to see where this has been reported.
Read more about Rough-fruited Cinquefoil at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Potentilla recta
FAMILY
Rosaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Potentilla recta
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Potentilla recta
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 097-04-006:
Potentilla recta FAMILY Rosaceae
COMMON NAME:
Rough-fruited Cinquefoil, Sulphur Cinquefoil, Sulphur Five-fingers
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_pore5_001_lvd
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JK Marlow jkm210426_9835
April Greenville County SC
Blackwell Heritage Preserve
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JK Marlow jkm210426_9836
April Greenville County SC
Blackwell Heritage Preserve
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JK Marlow jkm090523_036
May Greenville County SC
Roadside
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JK Marlow jkm090523_039
May Greenville County SC
Roadside
Pollinator at work.
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JK Marlow s090523_h
May Greenville County SC
Roadside
Leaves palmately compound, stipules pectinate [comb-like] to entire, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
COMPARE
leaves of Fragaria and Potentilla
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Ben Geer Keys bgk1145_a
June
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JK Marlow jkm0506a_17
June Greenville County SC
Field
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JK Marlow jkm0506a_18
June Greenville County SC
Field
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JK Marlow jkm0506a_19
June Greenville County SC
Field
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_p_recta_sulphur
June
The 5 petals are pale yellow & shallowly notched on the rounded tip, per Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005).
COMPARE
flowers of Cinquefoil and Strawberry species
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_p_recta_sulphur_2
June
Sepals 5-10mm long, acute, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
COMPARE
sepals and bracts of Cinquefoil and Strawberry species
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JK Marlow s050626_f
June Jackson County NC
Blue Ridge Parkway
Leaflets coarsely serrate to narrowly pectinate [comb-like], per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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JK Marlow jkm060710_127
July Tucker County WV
Monongahela National Forest
Petals 8-15 mm long, pale (sulphur) yellow, per Weakley's Flora.
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JK Marlow jkm060710_130
July Tucker County WV
Monongahela National Forest
Pollinator at work.
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Potentilla recta
FAMILY
Rosaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Potentilla recta
FAMILY
Rosaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Potentilla recta
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America
Potentilla recta
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 097-04-006:
Potentilla recta
FAMILY
Rosaceae
1145
Forb
Perennial
Habitat: Fields, pastures, roadsides, other disturbed areas, per Weakley's Flora
Non-native: Europe
Common (uncommon in GA Piedmont) (rare in GA Coastal Plain)
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Click here to see a map showing all occurrences known to SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria. (Zoom in to see more detail.)
This plant may be causing problems in natural areas outside its native range, according to authorities such as:
LEAVES:
Palmately compound: 5-7(9) leaflets
Alternate
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
Yellow
Radially symmetrical
5 united sepals/5 bracts
5 petals
25-30 stamens
FRUIT:
Spring/Summer
Brown
Achene
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Great Smoky Mountains Wildflowers (Campbell, Hutson, Sharp, & Hutson, 1962) p074
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC (Porcher & Rayner, 2001) p390
- Newcomb's Wildflower Guide (Newcomb, 1977) p240
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast (Cotterman, Waitt, & Weakley, 2019) p267
- Wildflowers of the Eastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1999) p026?
- Wild Flowers of NC, 2nd edition (Justice, Bell, & Lindsey, 2005) p110
- Field Guide to the Wildflowers of Georgia (Chafin, 2016) p314
- Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005) p119
- 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