Potentilla anserina, Silkweed Cinquefoil or Pacific Silverweed deciduous smoky-purple

smoky-purple

Flowers occur upon previous season shoots

Buds appear as thimbles and bloom bottom to top in a ring of tiny purple and gold fireworks

Why is it not grown in more gardens

and sparrows

Potentilla anserina, Silkweed Cinquefoil or Pacific Silverweed deciduous smoky-purpleThis low growing, flowering perennial will spread itself via strawberry like runners along the surface of the soil. Its pinnate compound, serrated leaves are covered with a silvery, silky fuzz, hence the common name. During early through late summer, cheerful, bright yellow, five petaled blooms dot the surface of the foliage and delight passing bees, flies, and beetles. Coming from moist, lowland areas like pond and river margins, it prefers regular