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Common Tormentil / Petoprsta steža
Potentilla erecta / Tormentilla erecta / Potentilla tormentilla
45.8631, 15.9803
Field Notes
Description:
It is a herbaceous perennial belonging to the rose family (Rosaceae). It is a low, clumb-forming plant with slender, procumbent to arcuately upright stalks, growing 10 - 30 cm. tall and with non-rooting runners. This plant is flowering from May - Aug/Sep. There is one yellow, 7 - 11 mm wide flower, growing at the tip of a long stalk. There are almost always 4 notched petals, each with a length between 3 - 6 mm. Four petals are rather uncommon in the rose family.
Habitat:
It grows wild all over Asia and northern Europe, mostly in a wide variety of habitats, such as clearings, meadows, sandy soils and dunes.
Notes:
The rhizomatous root is thick. It is inappropriate to be used for food due to extreme bitterness and low caloric value. It can be used as a vegetable dye to dye leather red.The plant is particularly used in herbal medicine as an astringent because of its tannin content.
Other names: Tormentil root, Septfoil, Tormentil.
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