Found on trail in northern VA. Sandy, shale, slate substrate. Violet included for size reference. Any input appreciated Thank you!
Potentilla pyrenaica (Potentilla pyrenaica) Potentilla brauneana (Potentilla brauneana) Ranunculus montanus (Ranunculus montanus) Something like that.
Thank you for the input. I am not familiar with this species so I googled. An unlikely candidate because I think it is found growing mainly in western states? Leaves are not quite right…I think not Erigeron.
I don’t think Potentilla but maybe a Ranunculus sp that grows in sand, slate? I shall research this further. Thank you for the input!
Different venation (broader veins, in particular) in the original, and pubescent (glabrous in the original); also this is a very unlikely species to be in Virginia, USA. I'm inclined to go with a buttercup, particularly the invasive Creeping Buttercup Ranunculus repens for my best guess.
Looks to me like a Bird's Foot Violet Viola pedata They are native to Central and Eastern North America. The 2 links below might help confirm. 73816945 Birds-Foot-Violet-Viola-pedata
Thank you for the input….didn’t think of this one but maybe…looks sort of like this…what threw me is that it seems to have 2 different types of leaves in the pic I just posted but in link below it shows something similar to what I am seeing. Could be this one! http://www.namethatplant.net/plantdetail.shtml?plant=1654
Thank you for input but I don’t think it’s R. repens….I know that one. Could be a different species of buttercup…I am finding that most of the plants growing on this trail are native to sandstone, shale. Not too many introduced species. The unknown in question is not numerous on the trail…infrequent so I’m guessing not a weed.
Thank you for input…I thought maybe this one looking at link you included but then I saw this link…not so sure. Lobes of leaves are rounder and I think this species is not currently known from VA.
