Sulfur Cinquefoil - Potentilla recta
Above: Sulfur Cinquefoil near the UW Arbortetum Visitors Center in Madison, Wisconsin on June 19, 2021.
Sulfur Cinquefoil - Potentilla recta
Sulfur Cinquefoil is an introduced, naturalized plant that grows from 16' - 32" tall.
Flowers are pale yellow and are about 3/4" wide. They are in loose clusters at the top of the plant and the end of stems.
They have five heart-shaped petals and five hairy green sepals, 25 to 30 stamens with yellowish anthers, and a bright yellow receptacle with numerous pistils.
Sulfur Cinquefoil blooms June - August.
Above: Sulfur Cinquefoil Leaves are palmately compound in groups of 3 to 7.
For more information on Sulfur Cinquefoil, visit Wikipedia.
Or, for information on Sulfur Cinquefoil (Potentilla recta) visit the: Wisconsin State Herbarium.
Sulfur Cinquefoil
Potentilla recta
Above: Sulfur Cinquefoil in the Prairie Moraine Dog Park in Verona, Wisconsin on July 2, 2023.
Above: Sulfur Cinquefoil near the UW Arbortetum Visitors Center in Madison, Wisconsin on June 15, 2021.
Above: Sulfur Cinquefoil near the UW Arbortetum Visitors Center in Madison, Wisconsin on June 22, 2021.
Above: Sulfur Cinquefoil near the UW Arbortetum Visitors Center in Madison, Wisconsin on June 19, 2021.
Above: Sulfur Cinquefoil specimen collected southwest of Pleasantville, Wisconsin on September 22, 1976 .
Above: 1913 Sulfur Cinquefoil illustration.
Above: 1898 Sulfur Cinquefoil botanical illustration.
Above: 1796 Sulfur Cinquefoil botanical illustration by Jacob Sturm.
Above: 1845 Sulfur Cinquefoil botanical illustration by Jacob Sturm.
