Silverweed Cinquefoil
Silverweed Cinquefoil belongs to the rose family of plants. They colour the places they grow with their bright yellow, five-petalled flowers. Cinquefoil is French for ‘five leaves’, and that is how this flower is arranged. It grows at the edge of sloughs and other wet places, in barnyards roadside ditches, and in low meadow areas. One flower (up to 2.5 cm in diameter) grows on each stalk. The Cinquefoil flowers from May to September. The leaves are grayish-green on the top and white and wooly underneath, which is why this plant is called Silverweed Cinquefoil. The leaves can have from 7-25 little leaflets. Ansérine
L'ansérine appartient à la famille des roses. Cette plante met de la couleur là où elle pousse grâce à ses fleurs d'un jaune vif à cinq pétales. L'ansérine pousse en bordure des marécages et d'autres endroits humides, dans les fossés ainsi que dans les prés en basse altitude. Une fleur (mesurant jusqu'à 2,5 centimètres de diamètre) pousse sur chaque tige. Cette plante fleurit de mai à septembre. Ses feuilles sont de couleur gris-vert sur le dessus et de couleur blanche et d'apparence laineuse en dessous. Les feuilles peuvent être composées de 7 à 25 petites feuilles.
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