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Hoary cinquefoil

Potentilla argentea L.

Family
Rosaceae
Genus
Potentilla

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Hoary cinquefoil: This photo shows Potentilla argente
Photo: Teun Spaans, CC BY 2.5, from Wikimedia Commons

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Common names

By language (24)
arz
بوتينتيلا ارجنتيا
Azerbaijani
Gümüşü qaytarma
Belarusian
Дуброўка серабрыстая
Bulgarian
Сребристолистен очиболец
Chinese
銀背委陵菜, 银背委陵菜
csb
Strzébrzny pòwroznik
Czech
Mochna stříbrná
Danish
Sølv-Potentil
Dutch
Viltganzerik, Zilverganzerik
English
Hoary cinquefoil, Silver cinquefoil, Silvery cinquefoil, Silver-leaf cinquefoil
Estonian
Hõbemaran
Finnish
Hopeahanhikki, Hoikkahopeahanhikki
French
Potentille argentée, Potentille argentee
German
Silber-Fingerkraut, Silberfingerkraut, Silberblättriges Fingerkraut
hsb
Slěborny porstnik
Persian
پنجهبرگ نقرهای
Polish
Pięciornik srebrny
Russian
Лапчатка серебристая, Горловая трава, Горловка, Гортанная трава, Грыжная трава, Двенадцатигрыж трава, Жабная, Жабник мужской
Slovak
Nátržník strieborný
Slovenian
Srebrni petoprstnik
Spanish
Cinco en rama española
Swedish
Femfingerört, Silverfingerört
Ukrainian
Перстач сріблястий
Welsh
Pumbys Arian-ddail

Synonyms

  • Fragaria argentea (L.) Crantz
  • Hypargyrium argentatum (Jord.) Fourr.
  • Hypargyrium argenteum (L.) Fourr.
  • Hypargyrium canum (Jord. ex Boreau) Fourr.
  • Hypargyrium confine (Jord.) Fourr.
  • Hypargyrium decumbens (Jord.) Fourr.
  • Hypargyrium demissum (Jord.) Fourr.
  • Hypargyrium tenuilobum (Jord.) Fourr.
  • Pentaphyllum argenteum (L.) Nieuwl.
  • Potentilla argentata Jord. ex Verl.
  • Potentilla argentea f. angustisecta Th.Wolf
  • Potentilla argentea f. angustisecta (F.Saut.) Th.Wolf
  • Potentilla argentea f. cinerascens Th.Wolf
  • Potentilla argentea f. csapodyae Borhidi & Isépy
  • Potentilla argentea f. glaucescens Döll
  • Potentilla argentea f. latisecta (F.Saut.) Th.Wolf
  • Potentilla argentea f. latisecta Th.Wolf
  • Potentilla argentea f. magyarica Soó
  • Potentilla argentea f. multifida Tratt.
  • Potentilla argentea f. parviflora Waisb.
  • Potentilla argentea f. pusilla Vocke ex Zimmeter
  • Potentilla argentea f. septenata (Lehm.) Th.Wolf
  • Potentilla argentea f. serrata Peterm.
  • Potentilla argentea f. tenuiloba (Jord.) Guşul.
  • Potentilla argentea f. viridescens Th.Wolf
  • Potentilla argentea prol. blavii Th.Wolf
  • Potentilla argentea prol. demissa (Jord.) Th.Wolf
  • Potentilla argentea prol. grandiceps (Zimmeter) Th.Wolf
  • Potentilla argentea prol. pseudoargentea (Błocki ex Zimmeter) Th.Wolf
  • Potentilla argentea subsp. argentata (Jord. ex Verl.) O.Schwarz
  • Potentilla argentea subsp. decumbens (Jord.) O.Schwarz
  • Potentilla argentea subsp. decumbens (Jord.) Jáv.
  • Potentilla argentea subsp. demissa (Jord.) Berher
  • Potentilla argentea subsp. grandiceps (Zimmeter) O.Schwarz
  • Potentilla argentea subsp. grandiceps (Zimmeter) Jáv.
  • Potentilla argentea subsp. latisecta (F.Saut.) Jáv.
  • Potentilla argentea subsp. macrotoma (Borbás) Soó
  • Potentilla argentea subsp. macrotoma (Borbás) Jáv.
  • Potentilla argentea subsp. semiloba (Jord. ex Verl.) Berher
  • Potentilla argentea subsp. tenuiloba (Jord.) O.Schwarz

and 92 more.

Characteristics

Growth habit
Forb/herb
Lifespan
Perennial
In the US and Canada
Canada: introduced, Lower 48 states: introduced, St. Pierre and Miquelon: introduced

Photos

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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.