Silverweed - Potentilla anserina
Yellow flowers were about 2 cm wide with 5 blunt petals, numerous stamens and pistils. The leaves were 30 cm long, pinnately compound and divided into numerous, sharply toothed leaflets.
They were growing along the coastline and in between rocks in southern Maine.
"Argentina anserina" is a synonym of "Potentilla anserina" L., the accepted name of a perennial flowering plant in the rose family Rosaceae. It is native throughout the temperate Northern Hemisphere, often on river shores and in grassy habitats such as meadows and road-sides.
Similar species: Rosales
By Christine Young
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Uploaded Jul 4, 2018. Captured Jun 18, 2018 14:53 in 698 US-1, York, ME 03909, USA.
