Wildflower (forb) · Rosaceae
Silverweed cinquefoil
Argentina anserina
Silverweed cinquefoil is recorded as native to 29 states and territories in Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants and USDA PLANTS, and recorded in 412 counties of those states by USDA PLANTS.
Key facts · USDA PLANTS
Silverweed cinquefoil at a glance
- Native in
- 412 counties, across 29 states and territories
- Estimated cold hardiness
- Zone 5a PLANTS minimum temperature −23°F
- Mature height
- 6 in PLANTS mature height
- Light and water
- Tolerates shade High water use
Estimated cold hardiness: zone 5a. PLANTS gives a minimum temperature of −23°F; zone 5a winters bottom out at −20°F, the coldest half-zone that stays within that limit.
Silverweed cinquefoil is recorded as native to 29 states and territories in Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants and USDA PLANTS, and recorded in 412 counties of those states by USDA PLANTS.
Counties where it is native
The 15 counties with the most ZIP codes among the 412 where it is listed.
Native counties by state
- Alaska 7 counties
- Arizona 3 counties
- California 23 counties
- Colorado 16 counties
- Connecticut statewide record
- Idaho 12 counties
- Illinois 6 counties
- Indiana 3 counties
- Iowa 2 counties
- Maine 10 counties
- Massachusetts 9 counties
- Michigan 47 counties
- Minnesota 32 counties
- Montana 31 counties
- Nebraska 1 county
- Nevada 10 counties
- New Hampshire 3 counties
- New Mexico 13 counties
- New York 22 counties
- North Dakota 41 counties
- Ohio 8 counties
- Oregon 12 counties
- Rhode Island 5 counties
- South Dakota 9 counties
- Utah 23 counties
- Vermont 7 counties
- Washington 11 counties
- Wisconsin 31 counties
- Wyoming 15 counties
Growing traits
Values from the PLANTS characteristics record. “Not recorded” means PLANTS has no value; nothing here is estimated except the zone.
Growth
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Duration
- Perennial
- Mature height
- 6 in
- Growth rate
- Rapid
- Growth form
- Stoloniferous
- Shape
- Decumbent
- Lifespan
- Short
- Active growth period
- Spring and Summer
Light and water
- Shade tolerance
- Tolerant (tolerates shade)
- Moisture use
- High water use
- Drought tolerance
- Low
- Tolerance of waterlogged soil
- Medium
- Precipitation range
- 11 to 40 in per year
Soil
- Soil textures
- Coarse, medium and fine
- pH range
- 7 to 8
- Lime (CaCO₃) tolerance
- Medium
- Salinity tolerance
- Low
- Fertility requirement
- Low
- Minimum root depth
- 6 in
Climate
- Minimum temperature
- −23°F
- Estimated cold hardiness
- Zone 5a and warmer
- Minimum frost-free days
- 200
- Fire tolerance
- Medium
Flowers, leaves and fruit
- Flower color
- Yellow
- Showy flowers
- Yes
- Bloom period
- Spring
- Foliage color
- Green
- Showy in fall
- No
- Keeps leaves
- No
- Fruit color
- Brown
Other
- Toxicity
- None
- Nitrogen fixation
- None
- Nursery availability
- Routinely Available
- Family
- Rosaceae
- PLANTS symbol
- ARAN7
Source & data date
- Source
- USDA NRCS PLANTS Database: county distribution records, native status and plant characteristics. CC0 (public domain dedication, per the data.gov catalog record).
- Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP): native or introduced status by state. CC BY 3.0.
- USGS US-RIIS (ver. 2.0): species listed as introduced are excluded. CC0.
- Citation
- USDA, NRCS. 2026. The PLANTS Database (https://plants.usda.gov, 11/04/2026). National Plant Data Team, Greensboro, NC USA.
- Govaerts R. (ed.) (2026). WCVP: World Checklist of Vascular Plants. Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Data file dated 2026-06-04, http://sftp.kew.org/pub/data-repositories/WCVP/ (retrieved 2026-11-04). Paper: Govaerts R. et al. (2021) The World Checklist of Vascular Plants, a continuously updated resource for exploring global plant diversity. Scientific Data 8, 215.
- Data date
- Retrieved from PLANTS on November 4, 2026; WCVP data file dated June 4, 2026.
- Scope
- Argentina anserina (PLANTS symbol ARAN7).
- Method
- A species is listed when it is recorded as native to the state in Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants and USDA PLANTS, and recorded in the county by USDA PLANTS. Species PLANTS labels both native and introduced are listed separately. Full method · All sources