Authentic Wisconsin.  Prairie Cinquefoil - Drymocallis arguta


Prairie Cinquefoil next to UW Arbortetum Visitors Center in Madison, Wisconsin on June 12, 2020.

Above: Prairie Cinquefoil next to UW Arbortetum Visitors Center in Madison, Wisconsin on June 19, 2021.


Prairie Cinquefoil - Drymocallis arguta

Prairie Cinquefoil native plant that grows from 12"-40" tall. They grow in dry to moderate moisture areas like woods and prairies.

The strawberry-like, white flowers are arranged in a tight cluster on a long stem. They have five white or cream ovate petals, five pointed green sepals between the petals, and a round head of pistils in the center with more than 20 stamens in a ring around it.

Prairie Cinquefoil blooms June - July.

Prairie Cinquefoil next to UW Arbortetum Visitors Center in Madison, Wisconsin on June 12, 2020.

Above: Prairie Cinquefoil pinnately compounded leaves on June 19, 2021.


Other names for Prairie Cinquefoil: Tall cinquefoil, Sticky cinquefoil, Tall potentillas.

For more information on Prairie Cinquefoil, visit Wikipedia.

Or, for information on Prairie Cinquefoil (Drymocallis arguta) visit the: Wisconsin State Herbarium.


Prairie Cinquefoil in UW Arboretum near Visitors Center in Madison, Wisconsin on June 18, 2021.
Prairie Cinquefoil in UW Arboretum near Visitors Center in Madison, Wisconsin on June 18, 2021.
Prairie Cinquefoil in UW Arboretum near Visitors Center in Madison, Wisconsin on June 18, 2021.
Prairie Cinquefoil in UW Arboretum near Visitors Center in Madison, Wisconsin on June 18, 2021.
Prairie Cinquefoil in UW Arboretum near Visitors Center in Madison, Wisconsin on June 18, 2021.
Prairie Cinquefoil in UW Arboretum near Visitors Center in Madison, Wisconsin on June 19, 2021.
Prairie Cinquefoil in UW Arboretum near Visitors Center in Madison, Wisconsin on June 19, 2021.
Prairie Cinquefoil in UW Arboretum near Visitors Center in Madison, Wisconsin on June 19, 2021.
Prairie Cinquefoil in UW Arboretum near Visitors Center in Madison, Wisconsin on June 19, 2021.
Prairie Cinquefoil in UW Arboretum near Visitors Center in Madison, Wisconsin on June 19, 2021.
Prairie Cinquefoil in UW Arboretum near Visitors Center in Madison, Wisconsin on June 19, 2021.
Prairie Cinquefoil in UW Arboretum near Visitors Center in Madison, Wisconsin on June 19, 2021.

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Prairie Cinquefoil
Drymocallis arguta


Prairie Cinquefoil in UW Arboretum near Visitors Center in Madison, Wisconsin on June 19, 2021.

Prairie Cinquefoil in UW Arboretum near Visitors Center in Madison, Wisconsin on June 19, 2021.

Above: Prairie Cinquefoil in UW Arboretum near Visitors Center in Madison, Wisconsin on June 19, 2021.


Prairie Cinquefoil specimen collected in Pierce County in the Trenton Bluff Area on August 28, 1989.

Above: Prairie Cinquefoil specimen collected in Pierce County in the Trenton Bluff Area on August 28, 1989.


1913 Prairie Cinquefoil illustration.


Above: 1913 Prairie Cinquefoil illustration.



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