DRUMMOND’S CINQUEFOIL

Class: Potentilla drummondii subsp. drummondii

Family: ROSE FAMILY

Sub Family: Rosaceae

Year: Perennial

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Colour: Golden yellow

Height: 25-30 cm (10-12")

Each Flower: Shallow saucer-shaped; 5 broad petals, slightly dented at outer margins, 7-9 mm (1/4-3/8") long; about 20 stamens and numerous pistils; 5 sepals are hairy and about half as long as petals; below sepals are tiny bracts

Leaves: Basal leaves have long stalks and opposite pairs of deeply toothed leaflets; 2 or 3 small, short-stalked leaves with stipules up stem

Stems: Branching above into flower-stems

Blooming Period: June - August

Habitat: Wet slopes and meadows from sub-alpine to alpine elevations

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