Potentilla anserina subsp. anserina

Common silverweed, Common Silverweed

Family: Rosaceae · Type: perennial · Native

Common silverweed is a California native perennial found in the Sierra Nevada, San Bernardino Mountains, and Great Basin in shorelines and moist alkaline meadows at elevations of 1,200 to 2,600 meters. Flowering from May to September, this plant produces yellow flowers approximately 7 to 10 millimeters long. Growing with stems 10 to 30 centimeters tall, it spreads via runners to form dense ground cover. Its compound leaves are 3 to 15 centimeters long, densely hairy on the upper surface, with 10 to 25 millimeter leaflets that give the plant a silvery-green appearance. The plant produces numerous pistils, creating a distinctive clustered flower structure.

Habitat: Shorelines, moist alkaline meadows

Bloom period: May-Sep

Elevation: 1200-2600 m

Bioregions: SNH, SnBr, GB

California counties: Mono, Siskiyou, San Bernardino, Inyo, Modoc, Tulare

Data from The California Species Project — 14,000+ California species with verified data from CNPS, CDFW, USFWS, Jepson eFlora, Cal-IPC, and more.