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§1 Plant
Potentilla paradoxa Nutt.
vernacular Paradox cinquefoil — species · Rosaceae
PlateNo public-domain or CC photograph located.
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Duration
- Annual, Biennial, Perennial
- Group
- Dicot
- Family
- Rosaceae Juss.
- Genus
- Potentilla
§2a
Native status, by region
- CAN Canada Native
- L48 Lower 48 States Native
§2b
County-level range
· 125 counties across 15 states/territories§3Cultivation
No cultivation specs.
USDA has not characterised this taxon. Roughly four out of five plants in the database lack the detailed cultivation record present here — typically because they have not been the focus of NRCS Plant Materials work. Range and distribution data are unaffected.
§4Counties, by state
Recorded in 125 counties across 15 states/territories.
Illinois view state ↗ 5 N ▾
Iowa view state ↗ 7 N ▾
Kansas view state ↗ 10 N ▾
Michigan view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Minnesota view state ↗ 12 N ▾
Missouri view state ↗ 14 N ▾
Montana view state ↗ 8 N ▾
Nebraska view state ↗ 18 N ▾
New Mexico view state ↗ 2 N ▾
New York view state ↗ 6 N ▾
North Dakota view state ↗ 19 N ▾
Ohio view state ↗ 4 N ▾
Pennsylvania view state ↗ 2 N ▾
South Dakota view state ↗ 15 N ▾
Texas view state ↗ 2 N ▾
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/POPA15 ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/7734100 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
usda-plants-mt-2026-05-26
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