Silverweed (Potentilla anserina) - Detail

General
Species Profile

Species Detail - Silverweed (Potentilla anserina) - Species information displayed is based on the dataset "Discrete vascular plant surveys".

Terrestrial Map - 10km

Distribution of the number of records recorded within each 10km grid square (ITM).

Live Map

Marine Map - 50km

Distribution of the number of records recorded within each 50km grid square (WGS84).

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Scientific Name Potentilla anserina

Common Name Silverweed

Taxon Version Key NHMSYS0021060392 RecommendedWell-formed

Synonyms Potentilla anserina L.

Designations N/A

Abbreviation poans

Authority L. (1753)

Group Flowering plant

Rank Species

Number Of Records 192

Number Of 10Km Squares 77

Number Of 50Km Squares 37

Oldest Record 01/01/1980

Newest Record 29/07/2020

Phenology - earliest record (across all datasets) 1 January (recorded in 1970)

Phenology - latest record (across all datasets) 5 December (recorded in 2007)

Species Profiles

Citation Collated by the National Biodiversity Data Centre from different sources, Discrete vascular plant surveys, National Biodiversity Data Centre, Ireland, Silverweed (Potentilla anserina), accessed 14 December 2025, https://maps.biodiversityireland.ie/Dataset/190/Species/292920

Species Detail - Silverweed (Potentilla anserina) - Species information displayed is based on the dataset "Discrete vascular plant surveys".

Terrestrial Map - 10km

Marine Map - 50km

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Records per month (across all datasets)

Records per year (across all datasets)