GRACEFUL CINQUEFOIL

Class: Potentilla gracilis

Family: ROSE FAMILY

Sub Family: Rosaceae

Year: Perennial

Other Names: Five Finger Cinquefoil

Colour: Pale yellow

Height: 30-90 cm (1-3')

Each Flower: Up to 2.5 cm (1") across with 5 heart-shaped, dull, pale yellow petals and numerous stamens; 5 green, hairy, pointed sepals; 5 similar-looking small bracts

Leaves: Alternate, lower ones with long stalks; blades fan-shaped with from 5 to 7 deeply toothed finger-like leaflets; both stalks and blades covered with coarse hairs; upper leaves become progressively smaller and stalkless

Stems: Rigid, coarsely hairy, branched at summit into flower-stems

Blooming Period: June - August

Habitat: Dry to moist grasslands including sagebrush areas and up to sub-alpine elevations

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