Cinquefoil
Scientific Name: Potentilla simplex
Also Known As: Sulfur Cinquefoil
Weed Family: Roseaceae
Description
Cinquefoil is a summer perennial with leaves containing 5 leaflets which are palmately divided on hairy petioles. The leaves have toothed edges and arise from fibrous creeping stems. The root is a fibrous lateral root. The flowers of cinquefoil are sulphur yellow, consisting of 5 petals appearing brighter at the base. Cinquefoil spreads by seed. Cinquefoil is found in the upper two thirds of the United States and in Canada.
Herbicide Use
Make your post-emergence herbicide application to cinquefoil that is actively growing and in the rosette to flower stage of growth.
Distribution
Germination Dates
Zone-3: May-June
Zone-4: May-June
Zone-5: April-May
Zone-6: April-May
Zone-7: March-April
Zone-8: March-April
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