Stem
- 1-2 ft. tall, stout, covered with hairs and usually unbranched below flowers; sometimes many stems arise from crown
Leaves
- Alternate; palmate-compound with 5-7 leaflets; rough, hairy, 1-4 in. long with toothed edges (margins)
Flower
- 0.5-1 in. wide, each on a short stalk; 5 pale-yellow petals with a notch at tip surround a yellow center
Root
- Woody taproot with short branch roots
Other
- Often infests rangeland, pastures, roadsides and waste areas; not known to occur in Nevada
- Perennial; reproduces by seed
Control
- Hand-digging individual plants can be effective for small infestations; cultivation can also be effective; mowing does NOT control established plants
- Apply 2,4-D, aminocyclopyrachlor, aminopyralid, chlorsulfuron, metsulfuron, picloram, or triclopyr rosette to pre-bud stage
Blecker, L., Creech, E., Dick, J., Gephart, S., Hefner, M., Kratsch, H., Moe, A., Schultz, B.
2020,
Nevada Noxious Weed Field Guide – Sulfur cinquefoil,
Extension, University of Nevada, Reno, Field Guide
