Old-field or common cinquefoil

Potentilla simplex

Habitat:
   Light: light shade -sun
   Moisture: mesic -dry mesic

   Height: .5 -1 ft.
   Flowering Time: spring

Notes: a perennial that spreads to form a ground cover of 5-parted leaves; stems reddish.

   Range in Michigan: SE,SW,NL,UP