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silverweed

A creeping, rooting perennial (Potentilla answerina) native more or less throughout temperate regions; distinctive, pinnate leaves, densely clothed with silky, silvery hairs; flowers with an epicalyx and calyx, 5-petalled, yellow. (Family: Rosaceae.)

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Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Rosales
Family: Rosaceae
Subfamily: Rosoideae
Genus: Argentina
Species: A. anserina
Binomial name
Argentina anserina
(L.) Rydb.

Silverweed is a flowering perennial plant in the rose family Rosaceae.

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