Native Plants

Plant Database

Search for native plants by scientific name, common name or family. If you are not sure what you are looking for, try the Combination Search or our Recommended Species lists.

Enter a Plant Name:
Or you can choose a plant family:

Potentilla arguta ssp. arguta

Potentilla arguta Pursh ssp. arguta

Tall Cinquefoil

Rosaceae (Rose Family)

Synonym(s): Drymocallis agrimonioides, Drymocallis arguta, Geum agrimonioides

USDA Symbol: POARA4

USDA Native Status: L48 (N), CAN (N)

From the Image Gallery

No images of this plant

Plant Characteristics

Duration: Perennial
Habit: Herb , Subshrub
Fruit Type: Achene , Aggregate
Size Notes: Up to about 3 feet tall.
Fruit: Aggregated achenes.

Bloom Information

Bloom Color: White , Yellow
Bloom Time: May , Jun , Jul , Aug , Sep

Distribution

USA: AR , CO , CT , IA , ID , IL , IN , KS , MA , MD , ME , MI , MN , MO , MT , ND , NE , NH , NJ , NY , OH , OK , PA , SD , VA , VT , WI , WV , WY
Canada: AB , MB , NB , NT , ON , QC , SK

Benefit

Conspicuous Flowers: yes

Value to Beneficial Insects

Special Value to Native Bees

This information was provided by the Pollinator Program at The Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation.

National Wetland Indicator Status

Region:	AGCP	AK	AW	CB	EMP	GP	HI	MW	NCNE	WMVE
Status:	FACU	FACU	FACU		UPL	FACU		FACU	FACU	FACU

This information is derived from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers National Wetland Plant List, Version 3.1 (Lichvar, R.W. 2013. The National Wetland Plant List: 2013 wetland ratings. Phytoneuron 2013-49: 1-241). Click here for map of regions.

Web Reference

Webref 38 - Flora of North America (2019) Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, MO & Harvard University Herbaria, Cambridge, MA.
Webref 23 - Southwest Environmental Information Network (2009) SEINet - Arizona Chapter

Additional resources

USDA: Find Potentilla arguta ssp. arguta in USDA Plants
FNA: Find Potentilla arguta ssp. arguta in the Flora of North America (if available)
Google: Search Google for Potentilla arguta ssp. arguta

Metadata

Record Modified: 2023-05-10
Research By: TWC Staff

Go back