Plants Profile for Potentilla arguta arguta (tall cinquefoil)

General Information
Symbol:	POARA4
Group:	Dicot
Family:	Rosaceae
Duration:	Perennial
Growth Habit:	Forb/herb Subshrub
Native Status:	CAN N L48 N
Data Source and Documentation

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	Native		Introduced		Both		Absent/Unreported
	Native, No County Data		Introduced, No County Data		Both, No County Data

Native Status:

L48

NAV

CAN

SPM

Images

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©Al Schneider. Southwest Colorado Wildflowers. United States, CO, NM, AZ, UT, Four Corners vicinity, within 150 miles of the corners. Usage Requirements.

Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British Possessions. 3 vols. Charles Scribner's Sons, New York. Vol. 2: 263. Provided by Kentucky Native Plant Society. Scanned by Omnitek Inc. Usage Requirements.

Synonyms

Symbol	Scientific Name
DRAG	Drymocallis agrimonioides (Pursh) Rydb.
DRAR8	Drymocallis arguta (Pursh) Rydb.
GEAG	Geum agrimonioides Pursh
POARA6	Potentilla arguta Pursh var. arguta

Classification

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Rank	Scientific Name and Common Name
Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass	Rosidae
Order	Rosales
Family	Rosaceae – Rose family
Genus	Potentilla L. – cinquefoil
Species	Potentilla arguta Pursh – tall cinquefoil
Subspecies	Potentilla arguta Pursh ssp. arguta – tall cinquefoil

Subordinate Taxa

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Legal Status

Threatened and Endangered Information:
This plant is listed by the U.S. federal government or a state. Common names are from state and federal lists. Click on a place name to get a complete protected plant list for that location.
Arkansas tall cinquefoil Threatened
Connecticut tall cinquefoil Special Concern
Ohio tall cinquefoil Endangered

Wetland Status

Interpreting Wetland Status

Synonyms

DRAR8 Drymocallis arguta (Pursh) Rydb.

North America
Arid West	FACU
Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain	FACU
Eastern Mountains and Piedmont	UPL
Great Plains	FACU
Midwest	FACU
Northcentral & Northeast	FACU
Western Mountains, Valleys, and Coast	FACU