Rough Cinquefoil

Rough Cinquefoil

Rough Cinquefoil Potentilla norvegica is clearly related to the wild strawberry but it is a taller plant and has yellow flowers rather than white. The leaves are divided into three leaflets though many species in the genus Potentilla have leaves divided into five leaflets which gives them the name "cinquefoil". Rough Cinquefoil grows by roadsides and in clearings. [CH] {GW}