BC Conservation Data Centre: Species Summary
Potentilla anserina ssp. pacifica
Pacific silverweed
| Scientific Name: | Potentilla anserina ssp. pacifica (T.J. Howell) Rousi | ||||||||||
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Potentilla pacifica
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| English Name: | Pacific silverweed | ||||||||||
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| Scientific Name - Concept Reference: | Baldwin, B. G., D. H. Goldman, D. J. Keil, R. Patterson, T. J. Rosatti, and D. H. Wilken, eds. 2012. The Jepson manual: vascular plants of California. 2nd edition. University of California Press, Berkeley, CA. 1568 pp. | ||||||||||
| Classification Level: | Subspecies | ||||||||||
| Species Group: | Vascular Plant | ||||||||||
| Species Code: | POTEANS2 | ||||||||||
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| Global Status: | G5T5 (Jul 2016) | ||||||||||
| Provincial Status: | S5 (Mar 2020) | ||||||||||
| BC List: | Yellow | ||||||||||
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| General Status Canada: | 4 - Secure (2010) | ||||||||||
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| Endemic: | N | ||||||||||
| Disjunct, more common elsewhere: | N | ||||||||||
| Peripheral, major distribution elsewhere: | N | ||||||||||
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Flora of North America Editorial Committee (FNA). 2014b. Flora of North America north of Mexico. Vol. 9. Magnoliophyta: Picramniaceae to Rosaceae. Oxford University Press, New York. xxiv + 713 pp. |
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Please visit the website Conservation Status Ranks for definitions of the data fields used in this summary report.
Suggested Citation:
B.C. Conservation Data Centre. Species Summary: Potentilla anserina ssp. pacifica. B.C. Minist. of Environment. Available: https://a100.gov.bc.ca/pub/eswp/ (accessed Jun 9, 2026).