Potentilla anserina

Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture
Potentilla anserina, Linn. Silver-weed. Fig. 3158. Caudex thick ; sts. simple, slender, prostrate and creeping, rooting at the nodes, often 2 1/2 or 3 ft. long, bearing solitary, long-peduneled fls. at the nodes, pilose-sericeous with ascending or somewhat spreading hairs : basal Ivs. numerous, large, pinnate, mostly short-pedicelled; Ifts. many pairs, decreasing in size downward, with minute ones interspersed, linear-oblong to oblong-ovate,1/2 - 1 1/2 % in. long, sharply serrate, green or whitened above, densely white to lustrous silky-tomentose beneath, very rarely green both sides: fls. large, 8-10 lines broad; appendages usually lobed; petals obovate, entire, exceeding the sepals, golden yellow; carpels at maturity glabrous, thick, ovoid, corky, dorsally furrowed; style lateral, filiform. May-Aug. Gravelly, more or less calcareous shores. Most widespread of all potentillas, through the cold and temperate portions of all countries except possibly Afr. Very decorative. The above text is from the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture. It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article. Click on "Collapse" in the header to hide this text.