| Accepted name: |
Potentilla pulcherrima Douglas |
| Synonym(s): |
-Potentilla gracilis Douglas var. pulcherrima
-Potentilla gracilis Douglas
-Potentilla gracilis Douglas ex Hook. var. gracilis
-Potentilla gracilis ssp. nuttallii (Lehm.) Keck
-Potentilla flabelliformis Lehm.
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| English names: |
Slender Cinquefoil
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| French names: |
Potentille gracieuse
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| Classification: |
Kingdom: Plantae
Divison: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Rosales
Family: Rosaceae
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| OPL Code: |
HPOTPU
(to track OPL, Newmaster et al. 1998) |
| Lifeform: |
2 |
| Lifecycle: |
P |
| Source database: |
FOIBIS, June 2005-2012 |
| Floristic Affinities: |
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| Distribution: |
-
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| Ecosystem: |
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| Ethnobotanical Notes: |
Infusion of pounded roots taken as a general tonic for pains.
Infusion of pounded roots taken for diarrhea. Infusion of pounded roots taken as a blood tonic. Infusion of pounded roots used to wash sores. Infusion of pounded roots taken for gonorrhea(*17)(3). |
| Key Characters: |
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