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A perennial herb from rhizomes, usually 1-2 m tall. Leaves pinnately divided with 1-4 pairs of small (sometimes inconspicuous) leaflets and a large terminal leaflet, which is typically 8-20 cm wide and palmately lobed into 5-7 toothed sections. Flowers are numerous and occur in groups with the appearance of a flat top. Flower petals are white and about 6 mm long. Fruit is a dry, brownish, hair...

Five-leaf Cinquefoil is an herbaceous perennial with erect or ascending stems that are 5-20 cm high and arising from a branched rootcrown. The numerous basal leaves have slender petioles and 3 or 5 deeply lobed, narrowly elliptic leaflets that are 1-2 cm long. The 1-2 alternate stem leaves are similar but usually have only 3 leaflets. The stems and lower leaf surfaces are densely covered with lo...