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Swamp Cinquefoil

Potentilla palustris/Commarum palustre

Photo by Galantliv
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Description:

A quite beautiful and common perennial herb that grows wild anywhere near water.
It becomes 50-80 cm high and have dark purple flowers.

Habitat:

Common in Scandinavia, and some other places at the Northern Hemisphere.

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Comarum palustre

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