Potentilla simplex, also known as common cinquefoil or old-field five-fingers or oldfield cinquefoil, is a perennial herb in the Rosaceae (rose) family native to eastern North America from Ontario, Quebec, and Labrador south to Texas, Alabama, and panhandle Florida.

[1][2] Potentilla simplex is a familiar plant with prostrate stems that root at nodes, with yellow flowers and 5-parted palmately pinnate leaves arising from stolons (runners) on separate stalks.

Complete flowers bearing 5 yellow petals (about 4–10 mm long) bloom from March to June.

It is commonly found in woodlands, fields, and disturbed areas.

[6] Young shoots and leaves are edible as a salad or pot herb.