Is it poisonous?
We have no record of Sheep Cinquefoil being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
Easily confused with
- Potentilla morefieldii
- Potentilla breweri
- Potentilla macounii
- Potentilla sericea
- Potentilla plattensis
- Potentilla pseudosericea
Classification
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Magnoliopsida
- Order
- Rosales
- Family
- Rosaceae
- Genus
- Potentilla
- Species
- Potentilla ovina
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