PLANTS Profile for Potentilla norvegica (Norwegian cinquefoil)

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PLANTS Profile

Potentilla norvegica L.
Norwegian cinquefoil

Symbol:

PONO3

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Rosaceae

Duration:

Annual
Biennial
Perennial

Growth Habit:

Forb/herb

Native Status:

L48		N
AK		N
CAN		NI
GL		I
SPM		N

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Potentilla norvegica L.

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Distribution:
Potentilla norvegica L.


View Native Status

See U.S. county distributions (when available) by clicking on the map or the linked states below:
USA (AK, AL, AR, AZ, CA, CO, CT, DC, DE, GA, IA, ID, IL, IN, KS, KY, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MO, MT, NC, ND, NE, NH, NJ, NM, NV, NY, OH, OK, OR, PA, RI, SC, SD, TN, TX, UT, VA, VT, WA, WI, WV, WY), CAN (AB, BC, LB, MB, NB, NF, NS, NT, NU, ON, PE, QC, SK, YT), DEN (GL), FRA (SPM)

Related Taxa:
Potentilla norvegica L.

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

Potentilla norvegica ssp. monspeliensis
Norwegian cinquefoil

Potentilla norvegica ssp. norvegica

Native

Introduced

Classification:
Potentilla norvegica 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 norvegica L. – Norwegian cinquefoil

Introduced Information:
Potentilla norvegica 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 norvegica L.

Nat. Ind.

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Reg. 0

Reg. A

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FAC

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FAC*

FAC

Interpreting Wetland Indicator Status

More Accounts and Images:
Potentilla norvegica 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 24730.

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

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

View photographs and distribution from University of Tennessee Herbarium.

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

Time Generated: 10/06/2008 09:41 AM MDT