Sulphur Cinquefoil     Information
INVASIVE
Scientific Name:Potentilla recta
Common Name Synonyms: Rough-Fruited Cinquefoil


NOTES: Prefers disturbed open areas with alkaline soil. Native to Eurasia.

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Sulphur Cinquefoil
Genus species: Potentilla recta
Common Names: Sulphur Cinquefoil
Rough-Fruited Cinquefoil
Family Name: Rosaceae  
Annual or perennial herbs, woody vines, shrubs, and trees; leaves mostly alternate, simple to compound, usually conspicuously stipulate; flowers mostly bisexual, regular; fruit types vary.
Seed Type: Angiosperm
Origin:  
Native: native to North America.
Non-native: not native to North America.
Introduced Native: native to North
America, but not Rowe Woods.
* Definitions based on the USDA
terminology
Nonnative
Category:Wildflower
Flower Color:Yellow
Identified by:A. Swanson
Months in Bloom:  
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