Common Name: old field cinquefoil, common cinquefoilScientific Name: Potentilla simplex Michx.Family Name: Rosaceae - Rose FamilyIdentification NotesLife Cyclenative perennial, reproducing by seed and stolons Stemsprostrate, branched, hairy, usually red, rooting at nodes Leavesalternate, palmate compound, 5 to 7 leaflets; leaflets oblanceolate to obovate, toothed, whitish below Flowers5-petaled, yellow, petals notched, long stalked; solitary, axillary