Potentilla canadensis L.
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Authority
Gleason, Henry A. & Cronquist, Arthur J. 1991. Manual of vascular plants of northeastern United States and adjacent Canada. lxxv + 910 pp.
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Family
Rosaceae
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Scientific Name
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Description
Species Description - Much like no. 1 [Potentilla simplex Michx.], but lower and mostly even more slender, the rhizome very short, praemorse, the stems at first anthesis only 5–15 cm, erect or ascending, soon greatly elongating and prostrate, often rooting at the nodes; lowest fl usually in the axil of the first well developed cauline lf, sometimes even from the axil of a scarcely developed lower cauline lf. Dry woods and fields; P.E.I., N.S., and N.B., s. in the coastal states to Ga., inland to s. Ont., s. O., and e. Tenn. Apr.– June. (P. pumila) Not sharply set off from no. 1, with which it sometimes grows, but forming a distinctive taxon of more limited distribution. Most of what has passed as P. canadensis is properly P. simplex.
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Common Names
running five-fingers