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Potentilla fruticosa
Bush Cinquefoil
Rosaceae
Located in the planter bed by Psychology Bldg.
- leaves alternate, compound pinnate, small, with 3-7 leaflets
- leaflets blue-green, elliptic or lanceolate
- buds small, inconspicuous
- stems slender, brown, shiny, with bark that peels with age
- flowers yellow (or white, orange, etc.), produced from late spring
to frost, solitary or in small groups
- fruit not conspicuous, but the base of the flower (calyx) often
persists on the stem as a brown star
- habit is a small to medium shrub, very dense and compact
View Potentilla
fruticosa page in the UConn Plant Database
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