Index / Search / Potentilla rivalis
§1 Plant
Potentilla rivalis Nutt.
vernacular brook cinquefoil — species · Rosaceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Duration
- Annual, Biennial
- Group
- Dicot
- Family
- Rosaceae Juss.
- Genus
- Potentilla
§2a
Native status, by region
- CAN Canada Native
- L48 Lower 48 States Native
§2b
County-level range
· 175 counties across 22 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 175 counties across 22 states/territories.
Arizona view state ↗ 4 N ▾
Colorado view state ↗ 8 N ▾
Idaho view state ↗ 14 N ▾
Illinois view state ↗ 4 N ▾
Iowa view state ↗ 3 N ▾
Kansas view state ↗ 18 N ▾
Maine view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Massachusetts view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Minnesota view state ↗ 10 N ▾
Missouri view state ↗ 11 N ▾
Montana view state ↗ 3 N ▾
Nebraska view state ↗ 14 N ▾
Nevada view state ↗ 3 N ▾
New Mexico view state ↗ 6 N ▾
North Dakota view state ↗ 25 N ▾
- Barnes 38003
- Benson 38005
- Bottineau 38009
- Burke 38013
- Burleigh 38015
- Cass 38017
- Divide 38023
- Emmons 38029
- Foster 38031
- Griggs 38039
- Kidder 38043
- LaMoure 38045
- Logan 38047
- McHenry 38049
- Mountrail 38061
- Pembina 38067
- Ransom 38073
- Richland 38077
- Rolette 38079
- Sargent 38081
- Sheridan 38083
- Steele 38091
- Stutsman 38093
- Ward 38101
- Williams 38105
Oklahoma view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Oregon view state ↗ 16 N ▾
South Dakota view state ↗ 6 N ▾
Texas view state ↗ 8 N ▾
Utah view state ↗ 6 N ▾
Virginia view state ↗ 3 N ▾
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/PORI3 ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/5367186 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
usda-plants-mt-2026-05-26
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