Scientific Name: Sibbaldiopsis tridentata Rydb.

Caption: Potentilla tridentata

Photographer: AnnkatrinRose

Image Source: http://www.flickr.com/photos/blueridgekitties/4716246092/

Locality: Glen Ayre, North Carolina, United States (36.095857, -82.14014)

Notes: Three-toothed cinquefoil - these plants have recently been reclassified as Sibbaldiopsis tridentata. They are usually found much further north in Canada and parts of Greenland, but some populations exist in the Appalachian Mountains. These were growing on Roan Mountain, Tennessee.

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