Horticulture 221
Identification Characteristics - Shrub List #4
J. E. Klett

ROSACEAE

Potentilla fruticosa - Shrubby Cinquefoil

Leaves - Alternate, compound, pinnate, 3 to 7 leaflets, usually 5, sessile, elliptic to linear-oblong, acute, 2/5 to 1 inch long, more or less silky.

Flowers - Bright yellow about one inch in diameter, July to frost in clusters or single.

Growth Habit - Small shrub with upright spreading, rounded growth habit.

Fruit - Achene not very showy but persisting through the winter.

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