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:

Weyand, Phyllis

Potentilla norvegica ssp. monspeliensis

Potentilla norvegica L. ssp. monspeliensis (L.) Asch. & Graebn.

Norwegian Cinquefoil

Rosaceae (Rose Family)

Synonym(s): Potentilla monspeliensis, Potentilla norvegica ssp. hirsuta, Potentilla norvegica var. hirsuta, Potentilla norvegica var. labradorica

USDA Symbol: PONOM

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

From the Image Gallery

2 photo(s) available in the Image Gallery

Plant Characteristics

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

Bloom Information

Bloom Color: Yellow
Bloom Time: Jun , Jul , Aug

Distribution

USA: AK , AL , AR , AZ , CA , CO , CT , DC , DE , GA , IA , ID , IL , IN , KS , KY , MA , MD , ME , MI , MN , MO , MT , NC , ND , NE , NH , NJ , NM , NV , NY , OH , OK , OR , PA , RI , SC , SD , TN , TX , UT , VA , VT , WA , WI , WV , WY
Canada: NB , NS , PE

Value to Beneficial Insects

Special Value to Native Bees

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

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

Metadata

Record Modified: 2022-12-06
Research By: TWC Staff

Go back