Question: Found in Wantagh Park in the south of Nassau county, NY. Is this Potentilla argentea? Thanks.
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Question
Found in Wantagh Park in the south of Nassau county, NY. Is this Potentilla argentea? Thanks.
Answer
Dear ruih, your plant in the photograph is indeed Potentilla argentea (silver-leaved cinquefoil). The undersurface of the leaflets will be gray-white with dense hairs and the margins of the leaf segments revolute (i.e., curled under). Best wishes.
