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Rosaceae

Tall cinquefoil

Drymocallis arguta (Pursh) Rydb.

Family
Rosaceae
Genus
Drymocallis

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Tall cinquefoil: field image of Potentilla arguta PRAIRIE CINQUEFOIL at the James Woodworth Prairie Preserve - showing several flower heads and typical stem branching
Photo: Frank Mayfield from Chicago area, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Common names

By language (2)
English
Tall cinquefoil
Finnish
Preeriavalkohanhikki

Synonyms

  • Bootia sericea Raf.
  • Bootia sylvestris Bigelow
  • Drymocallis agrimonioides (Pursh) Rydb.
  • Geum agrimonioides Pursh
  • Geum agrimonioides C.A.Mey.
  • Geum agrimonioides Pursh
  • Potentilla agrimonoides var. arguta (Pursh) Farw.
  • Potentilla arguta Pursh
  • Potentilla arguta f. agrimonioides (Pursh) Farw.
  • Potentilla arguta subsp. typica D.D.Keck
  • Potentilla arguta var. ferruginea (Douglas ex Hook.) Lehm.
  • Potentilla arguta var. glandulosa Cockerell
  • Potentilla confertiflora Torr.
  • Potentilla glutinosa Pursh ex Lehm.
  • Potentilla obliqua Douglas ex Hook.
  • Potentilla pensylvanica var. arguta (Pursh) Ser.

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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). About our plant data.