Kendall County (IL) Forest Preserve District
Common Cinquefoil
Potentilla simplex
[C-value
4]
Rose family (Rosaceae)
Blooms May - June
The native Common Cinquefoil is common in our area. It prefers partial to full sun, and moist to dry conditions. Habitats include black soil prairies, open upland forests, savannas and gravelly seeps. This perennial sprawls along the ground by means of stolons and is less than 1' tall. The slender stems and stolons can extend up to 3' and their tips often root in the ground, forming new plants. The alternate compound leaves are palmate with 5 leaflets, each up to 3" long and ¾" across and coarsely toothed. From the upper axils of some leaves, a single yellow flower develops on a long pedicel. The flower is about ½" across with 5 yellow petals rounded toward their tips.
Common Cinquefoil at Richard Young Forest Preserve May 28, 2013
Common Cinquefoil at Pickerill/Pigott Forest Preserve May 25, 2015
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Common Cinquefoil stolen at Lyon Forest Preserve May 26, 2015
Common Cinquefoil at Richard Young Forest Preserve May 28, 2013
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