Shrubby fivefingers
Prepared by Jennifer L. D’Appollonio, Assistant Scientist, University of Maine, Orono, ME 04469. March 2011.
Scientific name: Sibbaldiopsis tridentata (Aiton) Rydb; old Potentilla tridentata Aiton
Common name(s): shrubby fivefingers, three-toothed cinquefoil
Links: USDA PLANTS Profile, NPIN Profile, Go Botany
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- early May
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- June
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- pre-flower, early June
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- in flower, mid-June
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- flower detail
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- in crop field
Description:
– perennial
-leaves are
- compound
- alternate
- toothed
-height of 1-8 inches
Habitat:
-disturbed areas
-alpine zones
-mountain summits
-rocky slopes
-meadows and fields
Natural History:
-native to North America
-the name, “Three-toothed cinquefoil” comes from the three teeth at the end of each leaflet
Sources:
Go Botany. “Sibbaldiopsis Tridentata (Ait.) Rydb.” Sibbaldiopsis Tridentata (Three-Toothed-Cinquefoil): Go Botany, 2021, gobotany.nativeplanttrust.org/species/sibbaldiopsis/tridentata/.
“Conneticut Plants .” Three-Toothed Cinquefoil Sibbaldiopsis Tridentata, Conneticut Botanical Society, Mar. 2015, www.ct-botanical-society.org/Plants/view/554.