WILDFLOWERS OF NEW MEXICO

Erect to spreading, gray-green, hairy, branching stems reach 12 inches tall with crowded clusters of small, yellow flowers. Note the leaves have 5–11 leaflets along the rib (pinnately compound) with teeth half-way to the leaflet midvein.

FLOWER: June–September. Crowded cluster of yellow flowers with 5 petals, each to 1/4-inch long (6 mm) with rounded tips; numerous stamens and pistils.

LEAVES: Mostly basal, alternate on stem. Blade pinnately compound 2–6 inches long (5–15 cm) with 5–11 lance-shaped leaflets; surfaces green above, gray-hairy below; edges cut half-way to midvein, often rolled under.

HABITAT: Rocky soils; slopes, exposed brushland to alpine sites; sagebrush, ponderosa pine, aspen, spruce-fir communities.

ELEVATION: 7,000–11,000 feet.

RANGE: AZ, CA, CO, ID, MN, MT, NS, NE, NM, SD, UT, WY.

SIMILAR SPECIES: Woolly Cinquefoil, P. hippiana, in similar habitats, has leaflets with shallow teeth and white-woolly undersides.

NM COUNTIES: Northern 2/3 NM in mid- to high-elevation habitats: Bernalillo, Catron, Cibola, Cibola, Colfax, Lincoln, Los Alamos, McKinley, Mora, Otero, Rio Arriba, San Juan, San Miguel, Sandoval, Santa Fe, Socorro,Taos, Union.