Monographs Details:
Authority:
Gleason, Henry A. & Cronquist, Arthur J. 1991. Manual of vascular plants of northeastern United States and adjacent Canada. lxxv + 910 pp.
Gleason, Henry A. & Cronquist, Arthur J. 1991. Manual of vascular plants of northeastern United States and adjacent Canada. lxxv + 910 pp.
Family:
Rosaceae
Rosaceae
Description:
Species Description - Stems and basal lvs from a short rhizome to 8 cm, the stems slender, with long internodes, villous to glabrate, at first erect and often 2–3 dm tall at first flowering, but soon widely ascending, eventually arching to the ground and producing a terminal tuber; lfls 5, oblanceolate to elliptic or obovate, to 7 cm, evidently toothed; fls yellow, 10–15 mm wide, solitary on slender axillary pedicels, the lowest one usually in the axil of the second well developed cauline lf; anthers 0.6–1.0 mm. Dry woods and fields; Nf. and Que. to Minn., s. to Ala. and Tex. Apr.–June.
Species Description - Stems and basal lvs from a short rhizome to 8 cm, the stems slender, with long internodes, villous to glabrate, at first erect and often 2–3 dm tall at first flowering, but soon widely ascending, eventually arching to the ground and producing a terminal tuber; lfls 5, oblanceolate to elliptic or obovate, to 7 cm, evidently toothed; fls yellow, 10–15 mm wide, solitary on slender axillary pedicels, the lowest one usually in the axil of the second well developed cauline lf; anthers 0.6–1.0 mm. Dry woods and fields; Nf. and Que. to Minn., s. to Ala. and Tex. Apr.–June.
Common Names:
old-field five-fingers
old-field five-fingers