Sulphur Cinquefoil

Pale yellow flowers, with five heart-shaped petals. Leaves were compound and divided into toothed leaflets.

Cinquefoil has many potential medicinal uses, including using an infusion made from the root as an astringent, antiseptic, and tonic.

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Ferdy Christant

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Fabulous, as bright as the sun! Posted 7 years ago
1. Christine Young
  
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  Thanks! It was super bright! I usually find them more pale yellow, but this patch was very vibrant. Posted 7 years ago

The Sulphur cinquefoil

''Potentilla recta'', the sulphur cinquefoil or rough-fruited cinquefoil, is a species of cinquefoil. It is native to Eurasia but it is present in North America as an introduced species, ranging through almost the entire continent except the northernmost part of Canada and Alaska.

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Similar species: Rosales

Species identified by Christine Young