Sulfur Cinquefoil (Rough-Fruited Cinquefoil)

Potentilla recta

Introduced from Eurasia, this alien has become widespread. Plant is upright, hairy, with much foliage.  Flowers are large (3/4-1 inch across) with pale yellow petals surrounding a gold center; petals are heart- shaped (obcordate) and longer than the pointed green sepals between them.  Leaves are palmate (springing from a common node), having 3 to 9 toothed, ovate leaflets depending on where they occur on the plant (lower leaves have more leaflets).

1-2 feet, sun or partial shade.

Summer (June-August).

Pale yellow, heart-shaped petals with shorter sepals.  

10 June 2020.

Sulfur Cinquefoil, 10 June 2020.