| Accepted name: |
Potentilla recta L. |
| Synonym(s): |
-Potentilla sulphurea Lam.
-Potentilla pilosa Willd.
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| English names: |
Rough-fruited Cinquefoil
Sulphur Cinquefoil
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| French names: |
Potentille dressée
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| Classification: |
Kingdom: Plantae
Divison: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Rosales
Family: Rosaceae
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| OPL Code: |
HPOTRE
(to track OPL, Newmaster et al. 1998) |
| Lifeform: |
2 |
| Lifecycle: |
P |
| Source database: |
FOIBIS, June 2005-2012 |
| Floristic Affinities: |
- |
| Distribution: |
-
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| Ecosystem: |
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| Microhabitat: |
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| Ethnobotanical Notes: |
Used against PESTILENT DISEASES since it strongly RESISTS PUTRIFACTION and CAUSES SWEATING when the juice of boiled leaves and roots in drunken. This drives venom from the heart and preserves the body in times of PESTILENT DISEASE (*4). |
| Key Characters: |
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