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Potentilla bipinnatifida

Potentilla pensylvanica

Pennsylvania cinquefoil

Potentilla bipinnatifida

Potentilla pensylvanica
Flowering time June-August
Habitat Damp alpine meadows, rocky slopes, ridges, and talus.
Distribution
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Occurring east of the Cascades crest in Washington; Alaska to California, east to the Great Plains, and further east across the northern U.S. and Canada to the Atlantic Coast; also in Eurasia.
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Origin Native
Conservation status Not of concern
Sibling taxa
P. anserina, P. argentea, P. biennis, P. breweri, P. drummondii, P. flabellifolia, P. glaucophylla, P. gracilis, P. hyparctica, P. jepsonii, P. newberryi, P. nivea, P. norvegica, P. pensylvanica, P. recta, P. rivalis, P. supina, P. villosa
P. anserina, P. argentea, P. biennis, P. breweri, P. drummondii, P. flabellifolia, P. glaucophylla, P. gracilis, P. hyparctica, P. jepsonii, P. newberryi, P. nivea, P. norvegica, P. recta, P. rivalis, P. supina, P. villosa
Subordinate taxa
P. pensylvanica var. ovium
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