Comarum palustre (syn. Potentilla palustris), known by the common name marsh cinquefoil,[Streeter D, Hart-Davies C, Hardcastle A, Cole F, Harper L. 2009. Collins Flower Guide. Harper Collins ]
Description
The stem is green to reddish-brown, finely hairy at first, low sprawling and vine-like, with long trailing stems up to long or more, scrambling over other plants and occasionally reaching a height of but usually lower.
[Blamey, M. & Grey-Wilson, C. 1989. Flora of Britain and Northern Europe. ] The stems root readily at the base and higher up wherever they are in contact with the ground or water. The leaves are glaucous green with three to seven (mostly five) narrow leaflets long with coarsely toothed margins. The flowers are produced in loose clusters at the apex of the stems; they vary from red to purple, and are in diameter. They have five (occasionally six) large sepals and five (occasionally six) smaller, darker petals, and a ring of
spatula-shaped
surrounding the receptacle. Flowering is in late spring to summer, from late May to July.
The fruit is like a small dry
strawberry.
Cultivation
Marsh cinquefoil prefers
soils but can also grow in moist sandy areas. It flourishes in
Hardiness zone.
External links
 seeds, Trolla Water, Baltasound - geograph.org.uk - 5862296.jpg/){kind=link}
