PLANTS Profile for Potentilla arguta (tall cinquefoil)

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PLANTS Profile

Potentilla arguta Pursh
tall cinquefoil

Symbol:

POAR7

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Rosaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Subshrub
Forb/herb

Native Status:

L48		N
AK		N
CAN		N

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Robert Tatina. USDA NRCS. 1992. Western wetland flora: Field office guide to plant species. West Region, Sacramento. Courtesy of USDA NRCS Wetland Science Institute. Usage Requirements.

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Potentilla arguta Pursh

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Distribution:
Potentilla arguta Pursh


View Native Status

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

Related Taxa:
Potentilla arguta Pursh

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

Potentilla arguta ssp. arguta
tall cinquefoil

Potentilla arguta ssp. convallaria
cream cinquefoil

Native

Introduced

Classification:
Potentilla arguta Pursh

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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 arguta Pursh – tall cinquefoil

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Potentilla arguta Pursh

This plant is listed by the U.S. federal government or a state. Common names are from state and federal lists. Click on a place name to get a complete protected plant list for that location.

Arkansas:
tall cinquefoil		Threatened
Connecticut:
tall cinquefoil		Special Concern
Ohio:
tall cinquefoil		Endangered

Wetland Indicator Status:
Potentilla arguta Pursh

Nat. Ind.

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Reg. 0

Reg. A

Reg. C

Reg. H

UPL,FACU+

UPL

FACU-

FACU

FACU+

FACU

Interpreting Wetland Indicator Status

More Accounts and Images:
Potentilla arguta Pursh

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

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 24692.

View species account and photographs from Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center Native Plant Information Network (NPIN).

View species account from Native American Ethnobotany (University of Michigan - Dearborn).

View 2 propagation protocols from Native Plants Network.

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

Time Generated: 09/22/2008 11:34 AM MDT