Putnam Park Wildflowers


Flower ID: IMG_0821.JPG-06-19-2017
Flower name (scientific): Potentilla recta subsp. recta Linnaeus PY: 1753
Flower name (common): Sulphur Cinquefoil
Family name (common): Rose
Family name (scientific): Rosaceae
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Flower description:
     Size: 0.6 to 0.8 inches ( 1.5 to 2.0 cm)
     Petal count: 5
     Color: yellow
     Other: flower arrangement, Cluster-cyme
Plant description:
     Size: 16 to 32 inches ( 41. to 81. cm)
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Leaf description: attachment is alternate, type is compound
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     Other: Shape: leaf, palmately-divided (FWI), leaflet, elliptic to oblong-oblanceolate (IL)
Origin (native, introduced, invasive): Introduced
Status (common, uncommon, threatened, rare): Common
Bloom time (typical): June to August
Cycle (annual, biennial, perennial): Perennial
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