Common name:
Spring cinquefoil
Family:
Scientific name:
Potentilla neumanniana
Synonyms:
Potentilla verna, potentilla tabernaemontani
Main flower color:
Range:
Scattered, localised places across England, Wales and Scotland
Height:
Up to 15 cm; a prostrate, mat-forming species
Habitat:
Dry, grassy and/or rocky places, on calcareous soils
Flowers:
Five yellow petals, slightly irregular along the upper margin, five broad yellowish-green sepals and five narrower green epicalyx bracts. Flowers, around 15 mm in diameter, are arranged in small clusters
Leaves:
Palmate, with three to seven, toothed leaflets, attached by stout stalks that have a covering of long white hairs. Stem leaves have three leaflets, and are stalkless. Leaves are hairless on both surfaces, though margins are ciliate
Season:
April to June
Rarity:
★★★★★
