Chinese cinquefoil is a yellow-flowered perennial from East Asia that grows on sunny riverbanks and seaside sands. Its finely divided leaves are dark green above and coated with white wool underneath. It isn't known to grow wild in the US.
Appearance
- Growth form
- A clump-forming perennial with a thick, woody root and hairy stems about 1–2.3 ft (30–70 cm) tall.
- Leaves
- Leaves are , with 15–29 deeply cut leaflets. The undersides are densely covered in white woolly hairs.
- Flowers
- Clusters of yellow, five-petaled flowers about 0.3–0.6 in (8–15 mm) across open one after another over a long season.
- Fruit
- Each flower leaves a cluster of tiny dry seeds () about 1.3 mm long.
Where it lives
- Typical habitats
- Riverbanks
- Coastal sand
- Sunny grassland
- Range
- It's native to East Asia: China, Korea, Japan, Taiwan, and the Russian Far East.
- Preferred conditions
- It likes dry, sandy or gravelly ground in full sun, where taller plants have a hard time growing.
Conservation
- IUCN Red List
- NENot EvaluatedNot yet assessed
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