Silver Cinquefoil

Silver Cinquefoil, Silvery Cinquefoil

Potentilla argentea L.

Rosaceae (Rose Family

▲ mature, flowering plant

▲ ▼ mature plant showing leaves and silvery leaf undersides

▲ ▼ stem with flowers

Silver Cinquefoil:

Simple perennial with leaves deeply lobed (like a silver maple) or palmately compound with 5-7 leaflets and dark green upper sides and silvery undersides
Stems more spreading, often found in lawns; grows about 6" tall and 12" wide
Common in sandy soils of upper Midwest