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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Potentilla recta   FAMILY Rosaceae   Go to FSUS key



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 north of Mexico, vol. 9 (2014)

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


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image of Potentilla recta, Rough-fruited Cinquefoil, Sulphur Cinquefoil, Sulphur Five-fingers

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_pore5_001_lvd

        

image of Potentilla recta, Rough-fruited Cinquefoil, Sulphur Cinquefoil, Sulphur Five-fingers

USDA / Selected Weeds of the US. 1970    swus_page_221

        

image of Potentilla recta, Rough-fruited Cinquefoil, Sulphur Cinquefoil, Sulphur Five-fingers

JK Marlow    jkm210426_9835

April    Greenville County    SC

Blackwell Heritage Preserve

image of Potentilla recta, Rough-fruited Cinquefoil, Sulphur Cinquefoil, Sulphur Five-fingers

JK Marlow    jkm210426_9836

April    Greenville County    SC

Blackwell Heritage Preserve

image of Potentilla recta, Rough-fruited Cinquefoil, Sulphur Cinquefoil, Sulphur Five-fingers

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.

image of Potentilla recta, Rough-fruited Cinquefoil, Sulphur Cinquefoil, Sulphur Five-fingers

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).


click here to see other plants that look similar to this COMPARE leaves of Fragaria and Potentilla

image of Potentilla recta, Rough-fruited Cinquefoil, Sulphur Cinquefoil, Sulphur Five-fingers

Ben Geer Keys    bgk1145_a

June        

image of Potentilla recta, Rough-fruited Cinquefoil, Sulphur Cinquefoil, Sulphur Five-fingers

JK Marlow    jkm0506a_17

June    Greenville County    SC

Field

image of Potentilla recta, Rough-fruited Cinquefoil, Sulphur Cinquefoil, Sulphur Five-fingers

JK Marlow    jkm0506a_18

June    Greenville County    SC

Field

image of Potentilla recta, Rough-fruited Cinquefoil, Sulphur Cinquefoil, Sulphur Five-fingers

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).


click here to see other plants that look similar to this COMPARE flowers of Cinquefoil and Strawberry species

image of Potentilla recta, Rough-fruited Cinquefoil, Sulphur Cinquefoil, Sulphur Five-fingers

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).


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image of Potentilla recta, Rough-fruited Cinquefoil, Sulphur Cinquefoil, Sulphur Five-fingers

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).

image of Potentilla recta, Rough-fruited Cinquefoil, Sulphur Cinquefoil, Sulphur Five-fingers

JK Marlow    jkm060710_127

July    Tucker County    WV

Monongahela National Forest

Petals 8-15 mm long, pale (sulphur) yellow, per Weakley's Flora.

image of Potentilla recta, Rough-fruited Cinquefoil, Sulphur Cinquefoil, Sulphur Five-fingers

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 north of Mexico, vol. 9
Potentilla recta

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 097-04-006:
Potentilla recta   FAMILY Rosaceae

 

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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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Invasive?

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

 

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