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Potentilla pensylvanica L.
Pennsylvania cinquefoil

       
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Photo of Potentilla pensylvanica L.
©Al Schneider. Southwest Colorado Wildflowers. United States, CO, NM, AZ, UT, Four Corners vicinity, within 150 miles of the corners. Usage Requirements. Any use of copyrighted images requires notification of the copyright holder.
 
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Potentilla pensylvanica L.

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Distribution:
Potentilla pensylvanica L.

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USA (AK, AZ, CA, CO, IA, ID, IL, IN, KS, ME, MI, MN, MT, ND, NE, NH, NM, NV, OH, OR, SD, UT, VT, WA, WY), CAN (AB, BC, LB, MB, NF, NS, NT, ON, QC, SK, YT)
 

Related Taxa:
Potentilla pensylvanica L.

View 72 genera in Rosaceae, 84 species in Potentilla or click below on a thumbnail map or name for species profiles.
Distribution of Potentilla pensylvanica L. var. litoralis (Rydb.) B. Boivin. . Image Available.
Potentilla pensylvanica var. litoralis
Pennsylvania cinquefoil
Distribution of Potentilla pensylvanica L. var. pensylvanica. .
Potentilla pensylvanica var. pensylvanica
Pennsylvania cinquefoil
Plant is native (blue) Native   Plant is introduced Introduced
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Classification:
Potentilla pensylvanica 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 pensylvanica L. – Pennsylvania cinquefoil
 

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Potentilla pensylvanica L.

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.

Iowa:
Pennsylvania cinquefoil              Threatened
Michigan:
prairie cinquefoil              Threatened
 

More Accounts and Images:
Potentilla pensylvanica L.

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

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 24736.

View species account and distribution map from Jepson Interchange (University of California - Berkeley).

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

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

View 1 propagation protocol from Native Plants Network.

 
 
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