Summary ⁵

A familiar plant with prostrate stems, which root at the nodes, and flowers and leaves arising from runners on separate stalks. Runners are 6-20 inches. Five-parted leaves and five-petaled, yellow flowers.

Common Cinquefoil is a member of the rose family (family Rosaceae), which includes herbs, shrubs, and trees with mostly prickly stems. There are about 100 genera and 3,000 species in this worldwide family. Apples, pears, quinces, cherries, plums, peaches, apricots, loquats, blackberries, raspberries, and strawberries are important fruits. Roses, Cotoneaster, Firethorn, Mountain Ash, Spirea, and Hawthorns are common ornamentals.
(Source: Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center)

Sources and Credits

1. (c) Hilbert 1958, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA), https://www.flickr.com/photos/hilbert_1958/5840652651/
2. (c) Charles Wohlers, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-ND), http://www.flickr.com/photos/29567846@N07/3593100470
3. (c) Joshua Mayer, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), https://www.flickr.com/photos/wackybadger/21909342509/
4. (c) Dan Mullen, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-ND), https://www.flickr.com/photos/8583446@N05/4668837909/
5. (c) Melissa McMasters, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA)

More Info

• iNat taxon page
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• HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants
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• Maryland Biodiversity Project
• NatureServe Explorer 2.0
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• SEINet Symbiota portals
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• USDA PLANTS database
• VASCAN by Canadensys
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