English Cinquefoil (Potentilla anglica Laicharding)
↑Range - Expand
| Legend | Color |
| Introduced | |
| Introduced or Not Present |
This tentative map is based on our own research. It may have limited data on Canada and/or Mexico, and there is some subjectivity in our assignment of plants as introduced vs. expanded. Read more in this blog post.
Although this plant occurs somewhere in each of these regions, it may only occur in a small part of some or all of them.
↑Description & Identification
This species is peculiar among Potentilla species in that it usually has flowers with 4 petals and sepals, only occasionally ones with 5. This feature usually easily distinguishes it from most potential lookalikes.
↑Habitat
This species is not widely introduced in North America, but where it is found it tends to occur on moist sites with acidic soils.
↑Links & External Resources
• Potentilla anglica (English cinquefoil) | USDA PLANTS Database (About This Site)
• Potentilla anglica | Go Botany (About This Site)
• Potentilla anglica | CABI Invasive Species Compendium (About This Site)
• Potentilla anglica | Biota of North America Project (BONAP) (About This Site)
• Potentilla anglica | NatureServe Explorer (About This Site)
• Potentilla anglica | Flora of North America (About This Site)
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