Argentina anserina
(L.) Rydb. · speciesAt a glance
Sources10 archives
Databases and archives Argentina anserina's data was compiled from.
WikipediaWikimedia Foundation15 languages↗
BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗
GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility192 265 records↗
ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI51 eDNA detections↗
NCBIUS National Library of Medicinesequences↗
NPASSNat. Product Activity & Species Sourcecompounds↗
Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗
giftgenome & karyotype
GoaTGenomes on a Tree · Sangergenome & karyotype↗
WikidataWikimedia Foundationstructured facts↗Every layer below draws on the sources above — open one to explore it, or use ← → to move between tabs.
Argentina anserina (synonym Potentilla anserina) is a perennial flowering plant in the rose family, Rosaceae. It is known by the common names silverweed, common silverweed or silver cinquefoil. It is native throughout the temperate Northern Hemisphere, often on river shores and in grassy habitats such as meadows and road-sides. The plant was originally placed in the genus Potentilla by Carl Linnaeus in his Species plantarum, edition 1, (1753) but was reclassified into the resurrected genus Argentina by research conducted in the 1990s.A key to the Potentilla complex The reclassification remains controversial and is not accepted by some authorities. It is a species aggregate which has frequently been divided into multiple species.
No narrative description available for this taxon yet.
Size & morphology15
Life cycle & reproduction37
Diet & foraging2
Habitat & environment31
Physiology & chemistry27
Uses & economy15
Other traits4
Compounds documented for Argentina anserina across natural-product and food-composition databases — not just the ~150 nutrients on a classic label ("nutritional dark matter").
Compound class profile3 classes
Documented compounds14 total
| Compound | Class | Amount | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| (1R,2aS,3R,4S,4aR,7aS,7bR)-3-(hydroxymethyl)-6,6,7b-trimethyl-2,2a,3,4,4a,5,7,7a-octahydro-1H-cyclobuta[e]indene-1,4-diol | present | NPASS | |
| (2R,4R,6R,8R,9R,10R,14S,17R,19R)-2,8,10,14,18,18-hexamethyl-6-(2-methylprop-1-enyl)-5-oxapentacyclo[11.8.0.02,10.04,9.014,19]henicos-1(13)-en-17-ol | present | NPASS | |
| (2R,4R,6R,8R,9R,10R,14S,17S,19R)-2,8,10,14,18,18-hexamethyl-6-(2-methylprop-1-enyl)-5-oxapentacyclo[11.8.0.02,10.04,9.014,19]henicos-1(13)-en-17-ol | present | NPASS | |
| (2R,4R,6R,8R,9R,10R,14S,19S)-2,8,10,14,18,18-hexamethyl-6-(2-methylprop-1-enyl)-5-oxapentacyclo[11.8.0.02,10.04,9.014,19]henicos-1(13)-en-17-one | present | NPASS | |
| (2R,4R,6S,7R,8S,9S,10R,14S,17R,19R)-2,8,10,14,18,18-hexamethyl-6-(2-methylprop-1-enyl)-5-oxapentacyclo[11.8.0.02,10.04,9.014,19]henicos-1(13)-ene-7,17-diol | present | NPASS | |
| (2S,2aS,4aS,7aS,7bR)-3-(hydroxymethyl)-6,6,7b-trimethyl-1,2,4a,5,7,7a-hexahydrocyclobuta[e]indene-2,2a-diol | present | NPASS | |
| ACPQHJVBMJBRJO-BCTXLRGRSA-N | present | NPASS | |
| alpha-Catechin | present | NPASS | |
| CPTYJLQLCCZXEV-QFIUAKNLSA-N | present | NPASS | |
| Echinocidin A | present | NPASS |
A DNA barcode is a short, standardised stretch of genes that works like a fingerprint — enough to tell one species from another. Below is the molecular trace Argentina anserina has left across the world's sequence archives.
At a glance
★ the standard DNA barcode for this group — the short region actually read to tell this species apart. The rest are extra genes sequenced along the way.
The complete instruction manual Argentina anserina carries — its genome. We read it from three angles — how big it is, how the DNA is packed into chromosomes, and how completely it has been sequenced — and explain how to read each value as you go.
Genome sizehow big the whole instruction manual is
Measured in base pairs (bp) — the individual letters of DNA (human ≈ 3.2 Gb, a bacterium a few million). The chart places this genome on a logarithmic scale — each step to the right is ten times bigger — among reference organisms. Across species a bigger genome loosely tracks with larger cells, slower growth and lower-energy lifestyles (powered flight favours small genomes) — yet it does not imply more genes or a more advanced organism (the long-standing C-value paradox).
Chromosomes & ploidyhow the DNA is packaged
2n is the full chromosome count in a normal body cell; n is a gamete (egg or sperm), which carries half. Ploidy is how many complete chromosome sets each cell holds — 2× (diploid) is typical for animals, while higher levels (polyploidy) are common in plants. Click any value below to see the underlying records and sources.
2n 282×GoaT · DTOL Flowering Plants Estimates Kew · GoaT · Tree of Sex Database
2n 421×GoaT · DTOL Flowering Plants Estimates Kew
polyploid1×GIFT · GIFT (floras)
Sequencing statusassembly quality — how far to trust these numbers
Assembly level tells you how finished the sequence is — from fragmented contigs, through scaffolds, up to a full chromosome-level assembly. BUSCO % estimates completeness: the share of genes expected to be present that were actually found. These describe the data quality, not the organism.
Record type192 265 records
Origin
Range
Wildobservation + sensor
Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.
Museum / Voucheredphysical evidence
Backed by a physical specimen — a herbarium sheet, sample or voucher held in a collection. “Vouchered” means supported by material evidence, not just an observation.
Wildobservation + sensor
Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.
Holding institutions60 of 89 geolocated
Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.
| Institution | Specimens |
|---|---|
| Uniwersytet Wrocławskilocation not on record | 6 219 |
| Helsinki, FI | 605 |
| LDlocation not on record | 397 |
| Olocation not on record | 303 |
| Trondheim, NO | 152 |
| Oskarshamn, SE | 136 |
| Garðabær, IS | 119 |
| Madison, US | 118 |
| Turku, FI | 102 |
| Bergen, NO | 97 |
| Oulu, FI | 95 |
| TROMlocation not on record | 73 |
| Museo Entomologico de Leonlocation not on record | 73 |
| KMNlocation not on record | 62 |
| DOI/NPS, Colonial National Historical Parklocation not on record | 59 |
| Burlington, US | 52 |
| TUR-Alocation not on record | 50 |
| Musee des Dinosaures d'Esperaza (Aude)location not on record | 49 |
| Albuquerque, US | 46 |
| Missoula, US | 39 |
| 35 | |
| Flagstaff, US | 31 |
| Saint John, CA | 30 |
| Denver, US | 27 |
| Porvoo, FI | 25 |
| SLU Artdatabankenlocation not on record | 25 |
| Hobart, AU | 21 |
| Kuopio, FI | 21 |
| Adelaide, AU | 20 |
| Bloomington, US | 17 |
| Rovaniemi, FI | 13 |
| MeiseBGlocation not on record | 13 |
| Pocatello, US | 11 |
| Mount Annan, AU | 11 |
| Brookings, US | 11 |
| Tacoma, US | 10 |
| Canberra, AU | 9 |
| Québec, CA | 8 |
| University of Stellenboschlocation not on record | 8 |
| Metsähallituslocation not on record | 7 |
| Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratorylocation not on record | 7 |
| Dekalb, US | 6 |
| Forssa, FI | 5 |
| WTUlocation not on record | 4 |
| Acadia Universitylocation not on record | 4 |
| Logan, US | 4 |
| QVMAGlocation not on record | 4 |
| Sion, CH | 3 |
| Brisbane, AU | 3 |
| San Angelo, US | 3 |
| Fargo, US | 3 |
| Toronto, CA | 3 |
| Karlsruhe, DE | 3 |
| DBF-NHMDlocation not on record | 2 |
| Bourges, FR | 2 |
| Montréal, CA | 2 |
| Museo civico La Terra e l'Uomo di Crocetta del Montellolocation not on record | 2 |
| Uniwersytet Opolskilocation not on record | 2 |
| Boise, US | 2 |
| Provo, US | 2 |
| Macomb, US | 2 |
| McWane Science Centerlocation not on record | 2 |
| Victoria, CA | 2 |
| Durango, US | 2 |
| Christchurch, NZ | 2 |
| Université Lavallocation not on record | 2 |
| Durham, US | 1 |
| Göteborg, SE | 1 |
| Banyoles, ES | 1 |
| Bozeman, US | 1 |
| WINlocation not on record | 1 |
| San Luis Obispo, US | 1 |
| Tampere, FI | 1 |
| Philadelphia, US | 1 |
| Corvallis, US | 1 |
| Moscow, US | 1 |
| Tempe, US | 1 |
| Portland, US | 1 |
| Rotorua, NZ | 1 |
| Montréal, CA | 1 |
| Berlin, DE | 1 |
| Chapel Hill, US | 1 |
| BRNUlocation not on record | 1 |
| Lincoln, US | 1 |
| NMBU:MINAlocation not on record | 1 |
| National Institute of Biological Resourceslocation not on record | 1 |
| CASlocation not on record | 1 |
| SGAV-and-NHMDlocation not on record | 1 |
| Weber State Universitylocation not on record | 1 |
Where the DNA of Argentina anserina was picked up in samples of water, soil or air — nobody saw the organism, only its DNA left behind. A trace is a clue that the species was near, not a confirmed sighting.
Signal
Where its DNA was found
How strong is each trace?
Modelled climatemodelled
How to read this: each dot is one detection of this species' DNA in an environmental sample. The confidence meter weighs how many independent studies and places back up the signal — one detection in one study is a hint; many across several studies is solid. Records dated before 2008 (when eDNA methods began) are treated as likely mislabeled and left off the map.