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Connecticut Plants
Silvery Cinquefoil
Potentilla argentea
- Family: rose (Rosaceae)
- Habitat: roadsides and waste places in dry soil
- Height: 4-20 inches
- Flower size: 1/4 to 3/8 inch across
- Flower color: yellow
- Flowering time: June to September
- Origin: Eurasia
"The undersides of silver cinquefoil leaves are whitened with fine hairs. <a href=""argentinaanse.html"">Silverweed is a related plant that also has silver color on its leaves, but the leaf shape is different."