PLANTS Profile for Potentilla argentea (silver cinquefoil)

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PLANTS Profile

Potentilla argentea L.
silver cinquefoil

Symbol:

POAR8

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Rosaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Forb/herb

Native Status:

L48		I
CAN		I
SPM		I

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Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British Possessions. Vol. 2: 253. Courtesy of Kentucky Native Plant Society. Scanned by Omnitek Inc. Usage Requirements.

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Potentilla argentea L.

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Distribution:
Potentilla argentea L.


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See U.S. county distributions (when available) by clicking on the map or the linked states below:
USA (AZ, CO, CT, DC, IA, ID, IL, IN, KS, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MO, MT, NC, ND, NE, NH, NJ, NM, NY, OH, OR, PA, RI, SD, TN, VA, VT, WA, WI, WV, WY), CAN (AB, BC, MB, NB, NF, NS, ON, PE, QC, SK), FRA (SPM)

Related Taxa:
Potentilla argentea L.

View 72 genera in Rosaceae, 84 species in Potentilla or click below on a thumbnail map or name for species profiles.

Potentilla argentea var. argentea
silver cinquefoil

Potentilla argentea var. pseudocalabra
silver cinquefoil

Native

Introduced

Classification:
Potentilla argentea L.

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass	Rosidae
Order	Rosales
Family	Rosaceae – Rose family
Genus	Potentilla L. – cinquefoil
Species	Potentilla argentea L. – silver cinquefoil

Introduced Information:
Potentilla argentea L.

This plant is introduced to some part of the PLANTS Floristic Area, though it may be native in other parts. Click on link below for a partial or complete list of PFA introduced plants.

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Wetland Indicator Status:
Potentilla argentea L.

Nat. Ind.

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Reg. 0

Reg. A

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Reg. H

UPL,FAC-

UPL

FACU

FAC-

Interpreting Wetland Indicator Status

More Accounts and Images:
Potentilla argentea L.

View photographs from CalPhotos.

View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 24691.

View photographs and distribution from University of Tennessee Herbarium.

View species account, photographs, and distribution from University of Washington Burke Museum.

View species account and photographs from University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point Freckmann Herbarium.

Related Web Sites:
Potentilla argentea L.

Swedish Virtual Flora: images & text (in Swedish)

USFS: Eastern Region invasive plants

Time Generated: 10/06/2008 04:14 AM MDT