Common Cinquefoil
Potentilla simplex
Common cinquefoil is a low, running eastern woodland perennial with strawberry-like leaves and small yellow five-petaled flowers in spring, a tough native groundcover for sun or part shade.
- Family
- Rosaceae
- Type
- wildflower
- Lifespan
- perennial
- Height
- 0.5–1.5 ft
- Spacing
- 1–3 ft apart
- Light
- part shade, shade
- Soil moisture
- dry
- Soil pH
- neutral
- Bloom
- April, May, June
- Bloom colors
- yellow
- Wildlife value
- pollinators
- Landscape uses
- border, container, erosion control, naturalizing
- Native states
- AL, AR, CT, DC, DE, FL, GA, IA, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MO, MS, NC, NE, NH, NJ, NY, OH, OK, PA, RI, SC, TN, TX, VA, VT, WI, WV
Related native plants
More Potentilla species
- Tall Cinquefoil (Potentilla arguta)
- Slender Cinquefoil (Potentilla gracilis)
- Scarlet Cinquefoil (Potentilla thurberi)