General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Sun Requirements: Full Sun to Partial Shade
Water Preferences: Dry Mesic
Dry
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 3 -40 °C (-40 °F) to -37.2 °C (-35)
Leaves: Other: Fuzzy
Fruiting Time: Summer
Flowers: Showy
Flower Color: White
Bloom Size: Under 1"
Flower Time: Summer
Inflorescence Height: 2-3 feet
Foliage Mound Height: 4 inches
Underground structures: Rhizome
Taproot
Suitable Locations: Xeriscapic
Uses: Will Naturalize
Wildlife Attractant: Bees
Butterflies
Other Beneficial Insects: Hoverflies, some of whose larvae eat aphids
Resistances: Drought tolerant
Propagation: Seeds: Stratify seeds: Seeds need 2 months cold stratification.
Depth to plant seed: at soil surface
Suitable for wintersowing
Pollinators: Hoverflies
Wasps
Moths and Butterflies
Bees

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Common names
  • Tall Cinquefoil
  • Prairie Cinquefoil
Botanical names
  • Accepted: Drymocallis arguta
  • Synonym: Drymocallis agrimonioides
  • Synonym: Potentilla arguta
  • Synonym: Potentilla arguta subsp. arguta

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Location: Minneapolis, Minnesota
Date: 2016-06-18
Long flower stem arising from a cluster of basal leaves

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