Creeping cinquefoil

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Creeping cinquefoil

Latin Name: 
Potentilla reptans

Category: 
Turf Weeds

Lifecycle: 
Perennial

Preferred Habitat:
Most soil types.

Growth:
Low growing and invasive with long creeping stems rooting at nodes

Flowers: 
Yellow flowers with five petals appear from June to September. 

Leaves:
Composed of five to seven wedge shaped leaflets, borne on long stems.