• Name also: Purple Marshlocks, Swamp Cinquefoil Latin synonym: Potentilla palustris Family: Rose Family - Rosaceae
• Growing form: Perennial herb. Rootstock woody, creeping, branched. Forms sparse stands. Height: 20-50 cm (8-20 in.). Stem ascending-erect, hairy, often reddish. Flower: Corolla regular (actinomorphic), very dark red, small; petals 6. Calyx regular (actinomorphic), brownish red-purple, 20-30 mm (0.8-1.2 in.) broad, fused, 6-lobed, much larger than corolla. Epicalyx often green. Stamens approx. 20, red.

Name also: Purple Marshlocks, Swamp Cinquefoil Latin synonym: Potentilla palustris Family: Rose Family - Rosaceae