PLANTS Profile for Potentilla gracilis (slender cinquefoil)

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Potentilla gracilis Douglas ex Hook.
slender cinquefoil

Symbol:

POGR9

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Rosaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Subshrub
Forb/herb

Native Status:

L48		N
AK		N
CAN		N

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Photo of Potentilla gracilis Douglas ex Hook.

Robert H. Mohlenbrock. 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 gracilis Douglas ex Hook.

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Distribution:
Potentilla gracilis Douglas ex Hook.


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USA (AK, AZ, CA, CO, ID, MI, MN, MT, ND, NH, NM, NV, OR, SD, UT, WA, WI, WY), CAN (AB, BC, MB, ON, PE, QC, SK, YT)

Related Taxa:
Potentilla gracilis Douglas ex Hook.

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

Distribution of Potentilla gracilis Douglas ex Hook. var. brunnescens (Rydb.) C.L. Hitchc.. .

Potentilla gracilis var. brunnescens
slender cinquefoil

Distribution of Potentilla gracilis Douglas ex Hook. var. fastigiata (Nutt.) S. Watson. . Image Available.

Potentilla gracilis var. fastigiata
slender cinquefoil

Distribution of Potentilla gracilis Douglas ex Hook. var. flabelliformis (Lehm.) Nutt. ex Torr. & A. Gray. . Image Available.

Potentilla gracilis var. flabelliformis
slender cinquefoil

Distribution of Potentilla gracilis Douglas ex Hook. var. gracilis. .

Potentilla gracilis var. gracilis
graceful cinquefoil

Distribution of Potentilla gracilis Douglas ex Hook. var. owyheensis Ertter & Mansfield. .

Potentilla gracilis var. owyheensis
Owyhee cinquefoil

Native

Introduced

Classification:
Potentilla gracilis Douglas ex Hook.

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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 gracilis Douglas ex Hook. – slender cinquefoil

Wetland Indicator Status:

NOTE: On June 1, 2012, the 2012 National Wetland Plant List superseded the information below (see Federal Register, May 9, 2012, 77(90): 27210-27214[https://federalregister.gov/a/2012-11176]). For updated wetland information about this species, see the latest wetland list.

Potentilla gracilis Douglas ex Hook.

Nat. Ind.

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Reg. 0

Reg. A

Reg. C

Reg. H

FAC-,FACW

FAC

FAC-

FAC

FACW

FAC

Interpreting Wetland Indicator Status

More Accounts and Images:
Potentilla gracilis Douglas ex Hook.

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 24714.

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

View 1 propagation protocol from Native Plants Network.

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

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