Silverweed
Argentina anserina
Silverweed is a creeping perennial of moist shores and meadows, with ferny silver-backed leaves and bright yellow buttercup-like flowers on runners. Spreads as a tough groundcover; roots are edible cooked, though they can irritate the stomach in quantity.
- Family
- Rosaceae
- Type
- wildflower
- Lifespan
- perennial
- Height
- 0.5–0.5 ft
- Spacing
- 1–3 ft apart
- Light
- shade
- Soil moisture
- moist
- Soil pH
- neutral, alkaline
- Bloom
- May, June, July, August, September
- Bloom colors
- yellow
- Wildlife value
- pollinators
- Landscape uses
- groundcover, container, erosion control, naturalizing
- Native states
- AK, AZ, CA, CO, CT, IA, ID, IL, IN, MA, ME, MI, MN, MT, ND, NE, NH, NM, NV, NY, OH, OR, PA, RI, SD, UT, VT, WA, WI, WY