The golden-yellow flowers ⅜-½ inch
wide and borne in a few flowered, loose cymes.
Individual flowers have 5 petals, which are obovate.
Mid to
late spring.
The stems of this potentilla are prostrate. The
leaves are palmately compound with 5 leaflets,
sometimes 3. The leaflets are cuneate at the base and
have 3-7 teeth on each side. The leaflets are ½-¾ inches long and are pilose on both surfaces.
'Nana' - YeIlow flowers are slightly larger than the
species, 4 inches tall.
