Potentilla pseudosericea Calflora

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Taxon Report

Potentilla pseudosericea Rydb.

Pennsylvania cinquefoil

2012 Steve Matson

2007 Dean Wm. Taylor, Ph.D.

Potentilla pseudosericea is a perennial herb that is native to California, and also found elsewhere in western North America.


	Plant Range Observation Search ~120 records in California Plant Characteristics

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Genus:	Potentilla
Family:	Rosaceae
Category:	angiosperm
PLANTS group:	Dicot
Jepson eFlora section: eudicot

Communities: Shadscale Scrub, Subalpine Forest, Alpine Fell-fields

Name Status:
Accepted by JEF + PLANTS

Alternate Names:


PLANTS	Potentilla pensylvanica var. pensylvanica

Information about Potentilla pseudosericea from other sources


Nursery availability from CNPLX Commercial availability unknown. Jepson eFlora USDA PLANTS Profile (POPS7) Photos on Calflora Photos on CalPhotos Google Images Photos on iNaturalist ID Tips on PlantID.net	ITIS Original Publication citation International Plants Names Index Search efloras.org (Flora of North America) Landscape information from Calscape BONAP Distribution Map Consortium of California Herbaria 2 Search the Native American Ethnobotany Database	Add an Observation Location Suitability Planting Guide Distribution by County
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Suggested Citation

Calflora: Information on California plants for education, research and conservation, with data contributed by public and private institutions and individuals. [web application]. 2024. Berkeley, California: The Calflora Database [a non-profit organization]. Available: https://www.calflora.org/ (Accessed: 11/21/2024).