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§1 Plant
Argentina anserina (L.) Rydb.
vernacular silverweed cinquefoil — species · Rosaceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Duration
- Perennial
- Group
- Dicot
- Family
- Rosaceae Juss.
- Genus
- Argentina
§2a
Native status, by region
- AK Alaska Native
- CAN Canada Native
- L48 Lower 48 States Native
- SPM St. Pierre & Miquelon Native
§2b
County-level range
· 425 counties across 31 states/territories§3Cultivation specs · USDA
Recorded by the USDA Plant Materials Program.
§3a
Tolerances
- Drought
- Low
- Shade
- Low
- Moisture use
- High
- Fire
- Medium
- Salinity
- Low
- Anaerobic
- Medium
- CaCO₃
- Medium
- Hedging
- Medium
§3b
Climate & soil
- Cold tolerance
- -23 °F minimum
- Frost-free days
- 200 min.
- Precipitation
- 11–40 in/yr
- pH range
- 7–8
- Root depth
- 6 in min.
- Fertility need
- Low
- Soil texture
- coarse, medium, fine
§3c
Form & growth
- Growth form
- Stoloniferous
- Growth rate
- Rapid
- Lifespan
- Short
- Mature height
- 0.5 ft
- Foliage texture
- Fine
- 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
- Spring
- Seed abundance
- High
- Seed begins
- Summer
- Seed ends
- Fall
- Spread rate
- Rapid
- Stratify
- Yes
- Seeds / lb
- 1,200,000
- Propagation
- bare root, container
§3e
Use & availability
- Commercial availability
- Routinely Available
- Nursery stock
- No
- Browse palatability
- Medium
- Graze palatability
- Medium
- Palatable, human
- No
- Protein potential
- Medium
- Lumber
- No
- Christmas tree
- No
§4Counties, by state
Recorded in 425 counties across 31 states/territories.
Alaska view state ↗ 7 N ▾
Arizona view state ↗ 3 N ▾
California view state ↗ 24 N ▾
- Contra Costa 06013
- Del Norte 06015
- Humboldt 06023
- Lake 06033
- Los Angeles 06037
- Marin 06041
- Mendocino 06045
- Mono 06051
- Monterey 06053
- Napa 06055
- Orange 06059
- Plumas 06063
- San Bernardino 06071
- San Francisco 06075
- San Luis Obispo 06079
- San Mateo 06081
- Santa Barbara 06083
- Santa Cruz 06087
- Siskiyou 06093
- Solano 06095
- Sonoma 06097
- Tulare 06107
- Tuolumne 06109
- Ventura 06111
Colorado view state ↗ 17 N ▾
Idaho view state ↗ 15 N ▾
Illinois view state ↗ 6 N ▾
Indiana view state ↗ 3 N ▾
Iowa view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Maine view state ↗ 10 N ▾
Massachusetts view state ↗ 9 N ▾
Michigan view state ↗ 47 N ▾
- Alcona 26001
- Alger 26003
- Alpena 26007
- Antrim 26009
- Arenac 26011
- Baraga 26013
- Bay 26017
- Benzie 26019
- Berrien 26021
- Charlevoix 26029
- Cheboygan 26031
- Chippewa 26033
- Crawford 26039
- Delta 26041
- Emmet 26047
- Gogebic 26053
- Grand Traverse 26055
- Houghton 26061
- Huron 26063
- Iosco 26069
- Kalamazoo 26077
- Kalkaska 26079
- Keweenaw 26083
- Lake 26085
- Leelanau 26089
- Livingston 26093
- Luce 26095
- Mackinac 26097
- Macomb 26099
- Manistee 26101
- Mason 26105
- Menominee 26109
- Monroe 26115
- Montmorency 26119
- Muskegon 26121
- Oakland 26125
- Oceana 26127
- Otsego 26137
- Ottawa 26139
- Presque Isle 26141
- Sanilac 26151
- Schoolcraft 26153
- St. Clair 26147
- Tuscola 26157
- Van Buren 26159
- Washtenaw 26161
- Wayne 26163
Minnesota view state ↗ 33 N ▾
- Becker 27005
- Big Stone 27011
- Cass 27021
- Chippewa 27023
- Clay 27027
- Douglas 27041
- Goodhue 27049
- Hennepin 27053
- Itasca 27061
- Kittson 27069
- Koochiching 27071
- Lac qui Parle 27073
- Lake of the Woods 27077
- Lincoln 27081
- Lyon 27083
- Mahnomen 27087
- Marshall 27089
- Morrison 27097
- Murray 27101
- Norman 27107
- Otter Tail 27111
- Pennington 27113
- Pipestone 27117
- Polk 27119
- Red Lake 27125
- Roseau 27135
- Sherburne 27141
- St. Louis 27137
- Stearns 27145
- Traverse 27155
- Wilkin 27167
- Wright 27171
- Yellow Medicine 27173
Montana view state ↗ 31 N ▾
- Beaverhead 30001
- Big Horn 30003
- Blaine 30005
- Broadwater 30007
- Cascade 30013
- Chouteau 30015
- Daniels 30019
- Dawson 30021
- Fergus 30027
- Gallatin 30031
- Golden Valley 30037
- Lewis and Clark 30049
- Madison 30057
- McCone 30055
- Meagher 30059
- Musselshell 30065
- Park 30067
- Phillips 30071
- Pondera 30073
- Powder River 30075
- Powell 30077
- Richland 30083
- Rosebud 30087
- Sanders 30089
- Sheridan 30091
- Silver Bow 30093
- Sweet Grass 30097
- Teton 30099
- Valley 30105
- Wibaux 30109
- Yellowstone 30111
Nebraska view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Nevada view state ↗ 10 N ▾
New Hampshire view state ↗ 3 N ▾
New Jersey view state ↗ 1 N ▾
New Mexico view state ↗ 13 N ▾
New York view state ↗ 22 N ▾
- Cayuga 36011
- Chautauqua 36013
- Clinton 36019
- Erie 36029
- Essex 36031
- Jefferson 36045
- Madison 36053
- Monroe 36055
- Nassau 36059
- Niagara 36063
- Oneida 36065
- Onondaga 36067
- Oswego 36075
- Rensselaer 36083
- Richmond 36085
- Saratoga 36091
- St. Lawrence 36089
- Suffolk 36103
- Tompkins 36109
- Ulster 36111
- Washington 36115
- Wayne 36117
North Dakota view state ↗ 41 N ▾
- Adams 38001
- Barnes 38003
- Benson 38005
- Bottineau 38009
- Burke 38013
- Cass 38017
- Cavalier 38019
- Dickey 38021
- Divide 38023
- Eddy 38027
- Emmons 38029
- Foster 38031
- Golden Valley 38033
- Grand Forks 38035
- Grant 38037
- Griggs 38039
- Kidder 38043
- LaMoure 38045
- Logan 38047
- McHenry 38049
- McIntosh 38051
- McKenzie 38053
- McLean 38055
- Mercer 38057
- Mountrail 38061
- Nelson 38063
- Oliver 38065
- Pembina 38067
- Pierce 38069
- Ransom 38073
- Richland 38077
- Rolette 38079
- Sargent 38081
- Sheridan 38083
- Steele 38091
- Stutsman 38093
- Towner 38095
- Walsh 38099
- Ward 38101
- Wells 38103
- Williams 38105
Ohio view state ↗ 8 N ▾
Oregon view state ↗ 12 N ▾
Pennsylvania view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Rhode Island view state ↗ 5 N ▾
South Dakota view state ↗ 9 N ▾
Tennessee view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Utah view state ↗ 23 N ▾
- Beaver 49001
- Box Elder 49003
- Cache 49005
- Carbon 49007
- Daggett 49009
- Duchesne 49013
- Emery 49015
- Garfield 49017
- Juab 49023
- Kane 49025
- Millard 49027
- Piute 49031
- Rich 49033
- Salt Lake 49035
- San Juan 49037
- Sanpete 49039
- Sevier 49041
- Summit 49043
- Tooele 49045
- Uintah 49047
- Utah 49049
- Wasatch 49051
- Wayne 49055
Vermont view state ↗ 8 N ▾
Washington view state ↗ 11 N ▾
Wisconsin view state ↗ 32 N ▾
- Ashland 55003
- Bayfield 55007
- Brown 55009
- Door 55029
- Douglas 55031
- Florence 55037
- Forest 55041
- Green Lake 55047
- Jackson 55053
- Kenosha 55059
- Kewaunee 55061
- Manitowoc 55071
- Marinette 55075
- Marquette 55077
- Menominee 55078
- Milwaukee 55079
- Monroe 55081
- Oconto 55083
- Outagamie 55087
- Ozaukee 55089
- Pierce 55093
- Polk 55095
- Portage 55097
- Racine 55101
- Rock 55105
- Shawano 55115
- Sheboygan 55117
- Vilas 55125
- Walworth 55127
- Waukesha 55133
- Waushara 55137
- Winnebago 55139
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/ARAN7 ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/5367246 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
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