PLANTS Profile for Potentilla nivea (snow cinquefoil)

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PLANTS Profile

Potentilla nivea L.
snow cinquefoil

Symbol:

PONI2

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Rosaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Subshrub
Forb/herb

Native Status:

L48		N
AK		N
CAN		N
GL		N

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Tracey Slotta. Provided by ARS Systematic Botany and Mycology Laboratory. India. Usage Requirements.

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Potentilla nivea L.

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Distribution:
Potentilla nivea L.


View Native Status

See U.S. county distributions (when available) by clicking on the map or the linked states below:
USA (AK, AZ, CO, ID, MT, NM, NV, OR, UT, WA, WY), CAN (AB, BC, LB, MB, NF, NT, NU, ON, QC, SK, YT), DEN (GL)

Related Taxa:
Potentilla nivea L.

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

Potentilla nivea var. nivea
snow cinquefoil

Potentilla nivea var. pentaphylla
fiveleaf cinquefoil

Native

Introduced

Classification:
Potentilla nivea 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 nivea L. – snow cinquefoil

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Potentilla nivea L.

This plant and the related entities and synonyms italicized and indented below are 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.

Washington:
snow cinquefoil		Sensitive
Potentilla quinquefolia [=PONIP]
five-leaved cinquefoil		Sensitive

More Accounts and Images:
Potentilla nivea 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 24729.

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

View 1 propagation protocol from Native Plants Network.

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

Time Generated: 10/23/2008 03:51 AM MDT