| Accepted name: |
Potentilla simplex Michx. |
| Synonym(s): |
-Potentilla canadensis L. var. simplex Torr. & A. Gray
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| English names: |
Old-field Cinquefoil
Old-field Cinquefoil
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| French names: |
Potentille simple
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| Classification: |
Kingdom: Plantae
Divison: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Rosales
Family: Rosaceae
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| OPL Code: |
HPOTSI
(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: |
Infusion of root taken for dysentery. Infusion of astringent root used as a mouthwash for "thrash"(*7)(3). |
| Key Characters: |
- |
