Photographs: Co. Cork

Creeping Cinquefoil Potentilla reptans Cúig Mhéar Mhuire Family: Rosaceae Flowering time: June-September. Perennial. Native. Yellow flowers with 5 petals and sepals growing from the leaf axils. Numerous carpels. Leaves are palmate with 5-7 leaflets. Spreading runners, rooting at nodes. Stems are long, slender and sometimes reddish. Spread: 30-100 cm Common on wasteland, roadsides and hedgebanks. Similar:Trailing Tormentil, Potentilla anglica. Yellow flowers with 4 or 5 petals and tri-foliate or palmate leaves.

Creeping Cinquefoil, Potentilla reptans, Cúig mhéar mhuire