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Silverweed
Potentilla anserina		  
Family Rose  (Rosaceae)
Bloom Summer
Habitat Moist meadows, beaches
Status Native
Cycle Perennial
Height 2-8" creeping
Flower Yellow flowers up to 1" wide on leafless stalks with 5 rounded petals.
Leaf Leaves are pinnately compound with 7+ leaflets that are hairy on the upper surface with prominent, long silvery hairs beneath.  Margins are coarsely and sharply toothed. 
Notes Plants spread by runners that are usually red, long, and hairy.

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