Yellow Flower of the Shrubby Cinquefoil
The yellow flower of the Shrubby Cinquefoil (potentilla fruticosa). This is five petal flower is of the 'Goldfinger' variety and the plant can grow up to 3 feet.
It's a hardy flowering plant usually blooming from May to September.
Flower photograph taken at the Holden Arboretum, Willoughby, Ohio.