Rough fruited cinquefoil, Potentilla recta, Wildflowers of the Eloise Butler Wild Flower Garden.

	Plants of the Eloise Butler Wildflower Garden
	Common Name	Scientific Name	Plant Family	Garden Location	Prime Season
	Rough-fruited Cinquefoil	Potentilla recta L.	Rose	Woodland	Early summer to Late summer
Other names and notes	(Rough Cinquefoil). The plant grows erect, 16 to 32" high, is hairy and un-branched to the inflorescence. Within the inflorescence many flowers can occur in flattened branched clusters. Flowers are pale yellow, 5 parts, around 3/4" wide. Leaves are palmately divided and deeply lobed. The lower leaves are long stalked and have 5 to 7 leaflets; the upper are smaller, shorter stalked and have 3 leaflets. The flowers produce a dry seed. The species name "recta" means "erect"


Above: Example of a single flower cluster with one open.	Above: Lower leaf example showing 7 leaflets.
Below: Showing the branching of the inflorescence into branched flower clusters.

Notes: This is an introduced plant, native to Europe. It is found in the entire United States except AZ, NM and UT. In Minnesota it is present in about 1/3 of the counties, mostly on the eastern half of the state. It is not considered invasive. Martha Crone listed 13 Cinquefoils on her 1951 Garden Census, this being one of them.

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References: Plant characteristics are generally from sources 15, 16, 30, 31, 33, W2 & W3. Distribution principally from W2 and also 31, 34 and W1. Planting history generally from 1, 4 & 4a. Other sources by specific reference. See Reference List for details.

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