Silver Cinquefoil, Silvery Cinquefoil

Potentilla argentea L.

Rosaceae (Rose Family

▲ mature, flowering plant

▲▼  mature plant showing leaves and silvery leaf undersides

▲▼ stem with flowers

·         Silver Cinquefoil:

o   Simple perennial with leaves deeply lobed (like a silver maple)  or palmately compound with 5-7 leaflets and dark green upper sides and silvery undersides

o   Stems more spreading, often found in lawns; grows about 6” tall and 12” wide

o   Common in sandy soils of upper Midwest