This summer flower is often found on cliff tops, on wasteland, beside car
parks and on upland slopes where the grass is short and the soil free draining. It spreads
mainly by means of rooting runners.
Creeping cinquefoil is one of many similar species found in Wales. It has
five flower petals, and typically the flowers are 15 mm across but they can vary
considerably.
Tormentil, often found on clifftops as well as
in hedgerows, is similar but has four petals, while the five-petalled flowers of silverweed might possibly cause confusion with creeping
cinquefoil. Silverweed is easily distinguished by its leaves, which have many more pairs
of leaflets and are silvery, at least on the underside and often on top as well.
