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Silverweed cinquefoil - Argentina anserina
Other Names:
Potentilla anserina
Native Species
Global Rank:
G5
State Rank:
S4S5
C-value:
4
Agency Status
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General Description
Stoloniferous, stemless with a growth form similar to strawberry. Leaves basal, arising singly or in tufts from stolon nodes. Leaf blades oblong, 5–20 cm long, divided into 15 to 25 oblanceolate, dentate leaflets, glabrous to sparsely hairy above, white-tomentose beneath. Inflorescence of solitary flowers on long, sericeous peduncles. Flowers: sepals spreading, 2–5 mm long; bracteoles as long or longer; petals yellow, 5–9 mm long. Achenes lightly wrinkled, ca. 2 mm long; styles attached laterally (
Lesica et al. 2012. Manual of Montana Vascular Plants. BRIT Press. Fort Worth, TX).
Our plants are subspecies
anserina.
Species Range
Montana Range
Range Descriptions
Native
Range Comments
Circumboreal south to CA, AZ, NM, NE, IN and NY (Lesica et al. 2012. Manual of Montana Vascular Plants. BRIT Press. Fort Worth, TX).
Observations in Montana Natural Heritage Program Database
Number of Observations: 327
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Relative Density
Recency
(Observations spanning multiple months or years are excluded from time charts)
Habitat
Wet or vernally wet meadows, margins of streams, ponds, wetlands; plains, valleys, montane (
Lesica et al. 2012. Manual of Montana Vascular Plants. BRIT Press. Fort Worth, TX).)
Stewardship Responsibility
References
- Literature Cited AboveLegend:
View Online Publication- Lesica, P., M.T. Lavin, and P.F. Stickney. 2012. Manual of Montana Vascular Plants. Fort Worth, TX: BRIT Press. viii + 771 p.
- Additional ReferencesLegend: View Online Publication
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Boggs, K. W. 1984. Succession in riparian communities of the lower Yellowstone River, Montana. M.S. Thesis. Montana State University, Bozeman, 107 pp.- Culver, D.R. 1994. Floristic analysis of the Centennial Region, Montana. M.Sc. Thesis. Montana State University, Bozeman. 199 pp.
- Eggers, M.J.S. 2005. Riparian vegetation of the Montana Yellowstone and cattle grazing impacts thereon. M.Sc. Thesis. Montana State University, Bozeman, MT. 125 p.
- Hildebrand, B. D. 1979. Habitat requirements of molting Canada Geese at Lima Reservoir, Montana. M.Sc. Thesis. Bozeman, MT: Montana State University. 79 p.
- Jones, W. W. 1901. Preliminary flora of Gallatin County. M.S. Thesis. Bozeman, MT: Montana State College. 78 pp.
- Lesica, P., M.T. Lavin, and P.F. Stickney. 2022. Manual of Montana Vascular Plants, Second Edition. Fort Worth, TX: BRIT Press. viii + 779 p.
- Whitehead, B.K. 2020. The response of parafluvial soils to beaver mimicry restoration in a montane stream. M.Sc. Thesis. Bozeman, MT: Montana State University. 114 p.
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