Rosaceae
Silverweed
Argentina anserina
- Family
- Rosaceae
- Genus
- Argentina
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Common names
By language (48)
- Arabic
- حشيشة الإوزة, فضية إوزية, حشيشة الأقوياء, حشيشة الأوز, حشيشة قلب, عشبة القوى الإوزية, عشبة القوى الوزية, عشبة قوي
- arz
- فضيه اوزيه
- azb
- قاز قایتارماسی
- Azerbaijani
- Qaz qaytarması
- ba
- Ҡаҙ үләне
- Belarusian
- Дуброўка гусіная
- Bulgarian
- Гъши очиболец
- Catalan
- Potentola
- Chinese
- 人参果, 延寿草, 蕨麻, 蕨麻委陵菜, 鹅绒委陵菜, 浮尸草, 莲花菜, 蕨麻草
- Croatian
- Guščarski petoprst
- csb
- Gãsé zelé
- Czech
- Mochna husí, Nátržník husí
- Danish
- Gåse-Potentil, Gåsepotentil
- Dutch
- Zilverschoon
- English
- Silverweed, Silverweed cinquefoil
- Estonian
- Hanijalg
- Finnish
- Ketohanhikki
- French
- Potentille ansérine, Potentille des oies, Potentille anserine
- German
- Gänse-Fingerkraut, Gänsefingerkraut, Grensel, Gänserich, Gänsewiß, Krampfkraut, Silberkraut, Säulkraut
- gv
- Bossan argid
- hsb
- Husacy porstnik, Rěbliki
- Hungarian
- Libapimpó
- Icelandic
- Tágamura
- Japanese
- ヨウシュツルキンバイ, ウラジロロウゲ
- Korean
- 궐마
- kw
- Les brithel
- Kyrgyz
- Каз таман
- Lithuanian
- Žąsinė sidabražolė
- Macedonian
- Гускин петопрст, Петопрст
- Mongolian
- Галуун гичгэнэ
- Norwegian
- Gåsemure
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Gåsemure
- Norwegian Nynorsk
- Gåsemure
- nv
- Tʼąąʼdoolghasí
- os
- Хъазы къах
- pcd
- Àrjintine, Blanbò, Crassépoulhe, Fuëles`d àrjint, Iérpe à-qhu, Pate`d-ò, Peuplié
- Persian
- آنسرینای آرژانتینی
- Polish
- Pięciornik gęsi
- Romanian
- Coada racului, Iarbă argintie, Buruiana de scrânte, Coada-dracului, Forostoi, Iarba-gâștii, Iarba-scrântiturii, Scrântitoare de baltă
- Russian
- Лапчатка гусиная, Гусиная лапка
- sah
- Хаас кэйиҥэтэ
- Slovak
- Nátržník husí
- Slovenian
- Gosji petoprstnik
- Spanish
- Anserina
- Swedish
- Gåsört, Silverört
- Tatar
- Каз тәпие
- Ukrainian
- Перстач гусячий, Гусяча лапка, Гусячі лапки
- Welsh
- Dail Arian, Tansi wyllt
Synonyms
- Argentina vulgaris Lam.
- Dactylophyllum anserina (L.) Spenn.
- Dasiphora anserina (L.) Raf.
- Fragaria anserina (L.) Crantz
- Potentilla anserina L.
- Potentilla anserina prol. argentina (Huds.) Th.Wolf
- Potentilla anserina unranked genuina Lehm.
- Potentilla anserina var. genuina Woerl.
- Potentilla anserina var. vulgaris Hayne
- Potentilla argentina Huds.
- Tormentilla anserina (L.) Stokes
Flowers
- In flower
- May to August (from 2,691 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
- Flower colour
- yellow (USDA PLANTS Database)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Alaska: native, Canada: native, Lower 48 states: native, St. Pierre and Miquelon: native
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Mary Krieger, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Patrick Hacker, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Eugene Popov, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Kieran Roy Powell, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Mary Krieger, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Kyle Nessen, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Yurii Basov, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Sarah Johnson, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: guywallbanks, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: anasacuta, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Oscar C. González Martínez, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: palakpari, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.