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§1 Plant
Potentilla arguta Pursh
vernacular tall cinquefoil — species · Rosaceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb, Subshrub
- Duration
- Perennial
- Group
- Dicot
- Family
- Rosaceae Juss.
- Genus
- Potentilla
§2a
Native status, by region
- AK Alaska Native
- CAN Canada Native
- L48 Lower 48 States Native
§2b
County-level range
· 542 counties across 28 states/territories§3Cultivation specs · USDA
Recorded by the USDA Plant Materials Program.
§3a
Tolerances
- Drought
- Low
- Shade
- Medium
- Moisture use
- Medium
- Fire
- Low
- Salinity
- None
- Anaerobic
- Medium
- CaCO₃
- Low
- Hedging
- None
§3b
Climate & soil
- Cold tolerance
- -38 °F minimum
- Frost-free days
- 100 min.
- Precipitation
- 10–50 in/yr
- pH range
- 6–8
- Root depth
- 10 in min.
- Fertility need
- Low
- Soil texture
- medium
§3c
Form & growth
- Growth form
- Single Crown
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Lifespan
- Short
- Mature height
- 3 ft
- Foliage texture
- Medium
- Foliage colour
- Green
- Porosity (summer)
- Porous
- Porosity (winter)
- Porous
- Flower colour
- Yellow
- Fruit colour
- Brown
- Fire resistant
- No
- N fixation
- None
- Toxicity
- None
§3d
Reproduction
- Bloom period
- Late Spring
- Seed abundance
- Medium
- Seed begins
- Spring
- Seed ends
- Summer
- Spread rate
- Slow
- Stratify
- No
- Seeds / lb
- 4,403,883
- Propagation
- seed, bare root
§3e
Use & availability
- Commercial availability
- Contracting Only
- Nursery stock
- No
- Browse palatability
- Low
- Graze palatability
- Low
- Palatable, human
- No
- Protein potential
- Low
- Lumber
- No
- Christmas tree
- No
§4Counties, by state
Recorded in 542 counties across 28 states/territories.
Alaska view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Arizona view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Arkansas view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Colorado view state ↗ 16 N ▾
Illinois view state ↗ 39 N ▾
- Boone 17007
- Bureau 17011
- Carroll 17015
- Champaign 17019
- Christian 17021
- Cook 17031
- DeKalb 17037
- DuPage 17043
- Grundy 17063
- Hancock 17067
- Henderson 17071
- Jo Daviess 17085
- Kane 17089
- Kankakee 17091
- Kendall 17093
- Knox 17095
- Lake 17097
- LaSalle 17099
- Lee 17103
- Macon 17115
- Marshall 17123
- Mason 17125
- McDonough 17109
- McHenry 17111
- McLean 17113
- Menard 17129
- Mercer 17131
- Morgan 17137
- Ogle 17141
- Peoria 17143
- Piatt 17147
- Putnam 17155
- Sangamon 17167
- Stark 17175
- Tazewell 17179
- Warren 17187
- Whiteside 17195
- Will 17197
- Winnebago 17201
Indiana view state ↗ 15 N ▾
Iowa view state ↗ 17 N ▾
Kansas view state ↗ 13 N ▾
Maine view state ↗ 11 N ▾
Maryland view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Massachusetts view state ↗ 9 N ▾
Michigan view state ↗ 41 N ▾
- Alcona 26001
- Alger 26003
- Bay 26017
- Berrien 26021
- Calhoun 26025
- Charlevoix 26029
- Cheboygan 26031
- Chippewa 26033
- Crawford 26039
- Delta 26041
- Dickinson 26043
- Gogebic 26053
- Gratiot 26057
- Houghton 26061
- Ingham 26065
- Ionia 26067
- Kalamazoo 26077
- Kalkaska 26079
- Kent 26081
- Keweenaw 26083
- Lake 26085
- Leelanau 26089
- Livingston 26093
- Mackinac 26097
- Marquette 26103
- Menominee 26109
- Midland 26111
- Monroe 26115
- Montcalm 26117
- Newaygo 26123
- Oakland 26125
- Ogemaw 26129
- Ontonagon 26131
- Oscoda 26135
- Sanilac 26151
- Schoolcraft 26153
- St. Clair 26147
- St. Joseph 26149
- Van Buren 26159
- Washtenaw 26161
- Wayne 26163
Minnesota view state ↗ 73 N ▾
- Anoka 27003
- Becker 27005
- Beltrami 27007
- Benton 27009
- Big Stone 27011
- Blue Earth 27013
- Brown 27015
- Carlton 27017
- Cass 27021
- Clay 27027
- Clearwater 27029
- Cook 27031
- Cottonwood 27033
- Crow Wing 27035
- Dakota 27037
- Dodge 27039
- Douglas 27041
- Faribault 27043
- Fillmore 27045
- Goodhue 27049
- Hennepin 27053
- Houston 27055
- Hubbard 27057
- Isanti 27059
- Itasca 27061
- Jackson 27063
- Kandiyohi 27067
- Kittson 27069
- Lac qui Parle 27073
- Lake 27075
- Lake of the Woods 27077
- Le Sueur 27079
- Lincoln 27081
- Lyon 27083
- Mahnomen 27087
- Marshall 27089
- McLeod 27085
- Meeker 27093
- Mille Lacs 27095
- Morrison 27097
- Mower 27099
- Murray 27101
- Nicollet 27103
- Nobles 27105
- Norman 27107
- Olmsted 27109
- Otter Tail 27111
- Pennington 27113
- Pine 27115
- Pipestone 27117
- Polk 27119
- Pope 27121
- Ramsey 27123
- Redwood 27127
- Renville 27129
- Rice 27131
- Roseau 27135
- Scott 27139
- Sherburne 27141
- St. Louis 27137
- Stearns 27145
- Swift 27151
- Todd 27153
- Traverse 27155
- Wabasha 27157
- Wadena 27159
- Waseca 27161
- Washington 27163
- Watonwan 27165
- Wilkin 27167
- Winona 27169
- Wright 27171
- Yellow Medicine 27173
Missouri view state ↗ 25 N ▾
- Barry 29009
- Benton 29015
- Carter 29035
- Cedar 29039
- Clark 29045
- Clinton 29049
- Greene 29077
- Harrison 29081
- Jackson 29095
- Knox 29103
- Lewis 29111
- Lincoln 29113
- Linn 29115
- Livingston 29117
- Morgan 29141
- Ozark 29153
- Phelps 29161
- Pike 29163
- Polk 29167
- Pulaski 29169
- Schuyler 29197
- St. Louis 29189
- Sullivan 29211
- Taney 29213
- Worth 29227
Montana view state ↗ 31 N ▾
- Big Horn 30003
- Carbon 30009
- Cascade 30013
- Dawson 30021
- Fergus 30027
- Flathead 30029
- Gallatin 30031
- Golden Valley 30037
- Hill 30041
- Jefferson 30043
- Lewis and Clark 30049
- Madison 30057
- Mineral 30061
- Missoula 30063
- Musselshell 30065
- Park 30067
- Phillips 30071
- Powder River 30075
- Powell 30077
- Prairie 30079
- Ravalli 30081
- Richland 30083
- Roosevelt 30085
- Rosebud 30087
- Sanders 30089
- Sheridan 30091
- Stillwater 30095
- Teton 30099
- Toole 30101
- Valley 30105
- Wibaux 30109
Nebraska view state ↗ 21 N ▾
New Hampshire view state ↗ 5 N ▾
New Jersey view state ↗ 11 N ▾
New Mexico view state ↗ 1 N ▾
New York view state ↗ 30 N ▾
- Albany 36001
- Broome 36007
- Cattaraugus 36009
- Cayuga 36011
- Chemung 36015
- Clinton 36019
- Columbia 36021
- Dutchess 36027
- Erie 36029
- Essex 36031
- Genesee 36037
- Jefferson 36045
- Monroe 36055
- Montgomery 36057
- Nassau 36059
- Oneida 36065
- Onondaga 36067
- Orange 36071
- Oswego 36075
- Otsego 36077
- Queens 36081
- Rensselaer 36083
- Rockland 36087
- St. Lawrence 36089
- Suffolk 36103
- Tioga 36107
- Tompkins 36109
- Warren 36113
- Washington 36115
- Westchester 36119
North Dakota view state ↗ 47 N ▾
- Adams 38001
- Barnes 38003
- Benson 38005
- Billings 38007
- Bottineau 38009
- Bowman 38011
- Burke 38013
- Cass 38017
- Cavalier 38019
- Dickey 38021
- Divide 38023
- Dunn 38025
- Eddy 38027
- Emmons 38029
- Foster 38031
- Golden Valley 38033
- Grand Forks 38035
- Grant 38037
- Griggs 38039
- Hettinger 38041
- Kidder 38043
- LaMoure 38045
- Logan 38047
- McHenry 38049
- McIntosh 38051
- McKenzie 38053
- McLean 38055
- Mercer 38057
- Morton 38059
- Mountrail 38061
- Oliver 38065
- Pembina 38067
- Pierce 38069
- Ransom 38073
- Renville 38075
- Richland 38077
- Rolette 38079
- Sargent 38081
- Sheridan 38083
- Sioux 38085
- Slope 38087
- Stark 38089
- Steele 38091
- Stutsman 38093
- Ward 38101
- Wells 38103
- Williams 38105
Ohio view state ↗ 9 N ▾
Oklahoma view state ↗ 4 N ▾
Pennsylvania view state ↗ 22 N ▾
- Allegheny 42003
- Beaver 42007
- Berks 42011
- Bradford 42015
- Bucks 42017
- Butler 42019
- Cameron 42023
- Centre 42027
- Dauphin 42043
- Delaware 42045
- Erie 42049
- Lackawanna 42069
- Lancaster 42071
- Lawrence 42073
- Luzerne 42079
- Lycoming 42081
- Northampton 42095
- Northumberland 42097
- Pike 42103
- Warren 42123
- Washington 42125
- Wyoming 42131
South Dakota view state ↗ 24 N ▾
- Brookings 46011
- Brule 46015
- Campbell 46021
- Charles Mix 46023
- Codington 46029
- Corson 46031
- Custer 46033
- Day 46037
- Dewey 46041
- Grant 46051
- Gregory 46053
- Hanson 46061
- Harding 46063
- Jerauld 46073
- Lawrence 46081
- Lincoln 46083
- Lyman 46085
- Marshall 46091
- Minnehaha 46099
- Pennington 46103
- Roberts 46109
- Tripp 46123
- Union 46127
- Walworth 46129
Vermont view state ↗ 10 N ▾
Virginia view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Wisconsin view state ↗ 58 N ▾
- Adams 55001
- Barron 55005
- Bayfield 55007
- Brown 55009
- Buffalo 55011
- Burnett 55013
- Chippewa 55017
- Clark 55019
- Columbia 55021
- Crawford 55023
- Dane 55025
- Door 55029
- Douglas 55031
- Dunn 55033
- Eau Claire 55035
- Forest 55041
- Grant 55043
- Green 55045
- Green Lake 55047
- Iowa 55049
- Iron 55051
- Jackson 55053
- Jefferson 55055
- Kenosha 55059
- La Crosse 55063
- Lafayette 55065
- Langlade 55067
- Lincoln 55069
- Marathon 55073
- Marinette 55075
- Marquette 55077
- Menominee 55078
- Milwaukee 55079
- Monroe 55081
- Oconto 55083
- Pepin 55091
- Pierce 55093
- Polk 55095
- Portage 55097
- Price 55099
- Racine 55101
- Richland 55103
- Rock 55105
- Rusk 55107
- Sauk 55111
- Shawano 55115
- Sheboygan 55117
- St. Croix 55109
- Taylor 55119
- Trempealeau 55121
- Vernon 55123
- Vilas 55125
- Walworth 55127
- Waukesha 55133
- Waupaca 55135
- Waushara 55137
- Winnebago 55139
- Wood 55141
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/POAR7 ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/6368623 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
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