Trailing Tormentil on NWT Hickling reserve

Tormentil flower
Trailing Tormentil (Potentilla anglica)  Photo: Janet Higgins

On a raised track on NWT Hickling marsh, we found a few plants of Trailing Tormentil creeping along the ground.  The solitary yellow flowers in the leaf axils had mostly four petals but there were also some flowers with five petals. We checked that the plants were rooting at the nodes as this is typical of Trailing Tormentil at this time of year.

Tormentil leaves
Trailing Tormentil (Potentilla anglica)  Photo: Janet Higgins

 

Janet Higgins
14.08.2019