Potentilla canadensis
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Photos Courtesy Renee Brecht |
Britton & Brown |
| Botanical name: | Potentilla canadensis |
| Common name: | dwarf cinquefoil |
| Group: | dicot |
| Family: | Rosaceae |
| Growth type: | forb/herb |
| Duration: | perennial |
| Origin: | native |
| Plant height: | 2-4" ; runners 6" |
| Foliage: | wedge-shaped leaflets, toothed only above the middle; densely silvery hairy; 5 leaflets; spreads via runners |
| Flower: | 5 yellow petals, 1/4"-1/2" |
| Flowering time: | early May to mid-June |
| Habitat: | dry open ground of fields, pastures, thin woods and shaded edges |
| Range in New Jersey: | statewide, rare in the Pine Barrens |
| Heritage ranking, if any: | n/a |
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