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Three-Toothed Cinquefoil

Potentilla tridentata. Rose Family.

Stems.--Low; one to ten inches high; rather woody at base; tufted. Leaves.--Divided into three oblong leaflets, which are thick, and coarsely three-toothed at their apex. Flowers.--White; clustered. Calyx.--Five-cleft. Corolla.--Of five petals. Stamens.--Many. Pistils.--Many in a head. The strawberry-like blossoms of this pretty little plant appear in summer. They are found on the mountain-tops of the Alleghanies, and also along the New England coast, and the shores of the Great Lakes.