Potentilla argentea L., 1753 43% complete

Hoary cinquefoil

Sp. Pl.: 497 (1753)


Data sources

Each value Trefle shows for Potentilla argentea, with what every source says about it. When sources disagree, the strongest source is shown (how sources are ranked). Values imported before sources were recorded one by one are marked Source not recorded.

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Sourced14 Differs from sources2 Source not recorded10 Not on the record7 Sources: TRY Plant Trait Database, Earlier Trefle data
Field Shown What the sources say
Core
Author L. No source recorded
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Bibliography Sp. Pl.: 497 (1753) No source recorded
Source not recorded
Phylum Tracheophyta No source recorded
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Rank species No source recorded
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Status accepted No source recorded
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Year 1753 No source recorded
Source not recorded
Descriptive
Common name Hoary cinquefoil No source recorded
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Family common name Rose family No source recorded
Source not recorded
Observations Europe to Russian Far East and W. Himalaya No source recorded
Source not recorded
Morphology
Average height 23 cm
  • 23 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 33 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 25, 66, 71, 115, 116, 164, 174, 178, 203, 335, 500, 818, 897, 898, 925
Sourced
Biological type hemicryptophyte
  • hemicryptophyte · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 83 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 4, 25, 71, 164, 174, 178, 203, 500, 918, 925
Sourced
Flower color yellow Sourced
Foliage texture empty Not on the record
Fruit shape empty Not on the record
Growth habit Forb/herb
  • Forb/herb · Earlier Trefle data · Reported · 2026-10-19
    value present before provenance tracking (2022 import), no source recorded
Sourced
Maximum height 37 cm
  • 37 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 5 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 25, 66, 71, 115, 116, 164, 174, 178, 203, 335, 500, 818, 897, 898, 925
Sourced
Sexuality empty Not on the record
Vegetable false No source recorded
Source not recorded
Phenology
Bloom months may, jun, jul, aug
  • jun, jul · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 7 observations · 2026-10-20
    TRY 7.0 datasets 4, 45, 115, 174, 203
1 earlier or rejected value
  • Superseded feb, jun, jul · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 7 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 4, 45, 115, 174, 203
Differs from sources
Duration perennial
  • perennial · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 83 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 4, 25, 28, 71, 164, 178, 203, 365, 818, 882, 918, 925
Sourced
Ecology
Atmospheric humidity 2 / 9 · dry air
  • 2 / 9 · dry air · Earlier Trefle data · Reported · 2026-10-19
    value present before provenance tracking (2022 import), no source recorded
Sourced
Ground humidity 3 / 12 · rather dry (xerophilous)
  • 3 / 12 · rather dry (xerophilous) · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 2 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 178, 242
Sourced
Light 8 / 9 · light Differs from sources
Nitrogen fixation None Sourced
Ph maximum pH 6.5
  • pH 6.5 · Earlier Trefle data · Inferred · 2026-10-19
    value present before provenance tracking (2022 import), no source recorded derived from a Baseflor soil reaction class by the 2022 import, a class not a measurement
Sourced
Ph minimum pH 5.5
  • pH 5.5 · Earlier Trefle data · Inferred · 2026-10-19
    value present before provenance tracking (2022 import), no source recorded derived from a Baseflor soil reaction class by the 2022 import, a class not a measurement
Sourced
Soil nutriments 2 / 9 · very poor (peroligotrophic)
  • 2 / 9 · very poor (peroligotrophic) · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 3 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 178, 242, 489
Sourced
Soil salinity 0 / 9 · absent from saline soils
  • 0 / 9 · absent from saline soils · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 3 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 178, 242, 489
Sourced
Cultivation
Minimum root depth 110 cm Sourced
Other
Propagation method — Not on the record
Shade tolerance — Not on the record
Soil ph indicator — Not on the record
Temperature indicator — Not on the record