Burke: Potentilla newberryi vs. Potentilla pensylvanica

	Potentilla newberryi	Potentilla pensylvanica
	Newberry's cinquefoil	Pennsylvania cinquefoil

	Potentilla newberryi	Potentilla pensylvanica
Flowering time	April-May	June-August
Habitat	Vernal pools, shores, and mudflats.	Damp alpine meadows, rocky slopes, ridges, and talus.
Distribution	Known historically (1898) from the Columbia River Gorge in Washington, now likely extirpated; central Oregon to California, east to northwestern Nevada. [WildflowerSearch map] [BONAP county map]	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. [WildflowerSearch map] [BONAP county map]
Origin	Native	Native
Conservation status	Historical in Washington (WANHP)	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. 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
Web links	Local floras: CA, OR, WA Local Web sites: CalFlora, CalPhotos, Flora NW, PNW Herbaria WildflowerSearch iNaturalist (observations) USDA Plants Database LBJ Wildflower Center SEINet Plants of the World Online Encyclopedia of Life Wikipedia Google Image Search	Local floras: BC, CA, OR, WA Local Web sites: CalFlora, CalPhotos, Flora NW, PNW Herbaria WildflowerSearch iNaturalist (observations) USDA Plants Database LBJ Wildflower Center SEINet Plants of the World Online Encyclopedia of Life Wikipedia Google Image Search

Potentilla newberryi

Potentilla pensylvanica

Newberry's cinquefoil

Pennsylvania cinquefoil

Potentilla newberryi

Potentilla pensylvanica

Flowering time

April-May

June-August

Habitat

Vernal pools, shores, and mudflats.

Damp alpine meadows, rocky slopes, ridges, and talus.

Distribution

Known historically (1898) from the Columbia River Gorge in Washington, now likely extirpated; central Oregon to California, east to northwestern Nevada.

[WildflowerSearch map]

[BONAP county map]

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.

[WildflowerSearch map]

[BONAP county map]

Origin

Native

Conservation status

Historical in Washington (WANHP)

Not of concern

Sibling taxa