Silverweed - Potentilla anserina

Description

Short, hairy plant with long creeping and rooting runners. Leaves in tufts, pinnate, with 15 to 25 oblong, sharply toothed leaflets, silvery hairy, particularly beneath. Flowers yellow, 15 to 20 mm solitary, the petals twice the length of the sepals.

Similar Species

The flowers alone are similar to many other species but combined with the leaves it provides a unique combination.

Identification difficulty
Habitat

Grassy habitats, pathways, roadsides.

When to see it

May to August.

Life History

Perennial.

UK Status

Very common throughout Britain.

VC55 Status

Very common in Leicestershire and Rutland. In the 1979 Flora survey of Leicestershire it was found in 592 of the 617 tetrads.

Leicestershire & Rutland Map

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Species profile

Common names
Silverweed
Species group:
Wildflowers
Kingdom:
Plantae
Order:
Rosales
Family:
Rosaceae
Records on NatureSpot:
259
First record:
01/07/1998 (John Mousley)
Last record:
22/11/2023 (Smith, Peter)

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