Potentilla pensylvanica (P. pensylvanica) is a species of cinquefoil known by the common names Pennsylvania cinquefoil and prairie cinquefoil. In Shoshoni, it is known as Ku'-si-wañ-go-gǐp. It is native to much of northern and western North America, including most of Canada and the western half of the United States. P. pensylvanica grows in many types of habitat. The plant is quite variable in appearance; it can be small and tuft-like or slender and erect. The leaves are divided into leaflets which are deeply lobed and have hairy undersides. The inflorescence is a cluster of several flowers, each with five yellow petals a few millimeters in length. The flower is 3 to 5mm wide. P.
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Is it poisonous?
We have no record of Prairie 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 conferta
- Potentilla litoralis
- Potentilla bipinnatifida
- Potentilla lasiodonta
- Potentilla tanacetifolia
- Potentilla hudsonii
Classification
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Magnoliopsida
- Order
- Rosales
- Family
- Rosaceae
- Genus
- Potentilla
- Species
- Potentilla pensylvanica
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