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Tall Cinquefoil

Drymocallis arguta

Also called Tall Drymocallis, Tall Potentilla, Tall Wood Beauty, White Cinquefoil, Prairie Cinquefoil

Tall Cinquefoil
Photo: Unknown author, Public domain
Family
Rosaceae (Rose family)
Grows as
Perennial
Native range
Subarctic America to N., C. & EC. U.S.A.
Climate
temperate

About

Drymocallis arguta, commonly known as the tall cinquefoil, prairie cinquefoil, or sticky cinquefoil, is a perennial herbaceous plant native to North America. It was formerly included with the typical cinquefoils in the genus Potentilla.

Other Drymocallis plants

Big Flowered Cinquefoil · Glandular Cinquefoil · Rock Cinquefoil · Cinquefoil

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Drymocallis arguta by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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