Fly on Cinquefoil

Posted by Earnest (Oklahoma, United States) on 16 January 2008 in Plants & Nature and Portfolio.

Cinquefoil is a native of Europe but is now found naturalized here. I've only ever seen this one plant that grew in my lawn for two years before I moved it to one of my wildflower beds to find out what it was. The leaves are palmate, not unlike those of hemp but rounded instead of pointed.. It produces a bunch of these flowers that last for only one day before the petals are thrown then follows it with a new batch the next day.