PLANTS Profile for Potentilla pensylvanica (Pennsylvania cinquefoil)

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PLANTS Profile

Potentilla pensylvanica L.
Pennsylvania cinquefoil

Symbol:

POPE8

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Rosaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Forb/herb

Native Status:

L48		N
AK		N
CAN		N

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Potentilla pensylvanica L.

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Distribution:
Potentilla pensylvanica L.


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See U.S. county distributions (when available) by clicking on the map or the linked states below:
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

Native

Introduced

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.

Time Generated: 06/19/2013 02:28 AM CDT