June 3, 2004
Common Cinquefoil (Potentilla simplex)
Common cinquefoil is a native wildflower that can be found
growing in fields and open woods. The flowers somewhat
resemble those of buttercups, but the cinquefoil's divided leaves
with five toothed leaflets look very different from the
maple-leaf shape of the buttercup's leaves.

These plants are blooming on a sunny hillside next to the path
leading to the pond from the upper parking lot at Neville Place.