Shrubby Cinquefoil

(Pentaphylloides floribunda)

 

   

 

 

Color Photograph: USDA, NRCS, 1995-Midwestern Wetland Flora.

Line Drawing: Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. An Illustrated Flora of the Northern United States and Canada, Second Edition.

 

Shrubby Cinquefoil (Pentaphylloides floribunda [Pursh] A. Löve)

Identification: A bushy shrub. Flowers large, yellow, with 5 petals and numerous stamens. Stem heavily branched, woody, sometimes with loose pieces of park. Leaves compound, with 5 leaflets in opposite pairs and an apical leaflet. Leaflets small, stiff, without teeth on the outer margin. Underside of leaflet silky, whitish. Plant 1 to 3 feet in height.

Distribution: Across Canada from Greenland to Alaska. Southward in the east to New Jersey, and Iowa. In the west southward to northern California and in the Rocky Mountains to Arizona.

Habitat: Shrubby Cinquefoil is found in meadows and along the shores of lakes and rivers.

Flowering period: June to October.

Similar Species: The woody stems and the unique form of the leaves will easily identify this species.

Copyright Nearctica.com, Inc. 2003. All rights reserved.