Wildflowers of the Stuttgart Area
Potentilla reptans
| Family : | ROSACEAE (Rose Family) |
| Common Name (UK) : | Creeping Cinquefoil |
| Common Name (DE) : | Kriechendes Fingerkraut |
| Common Name (FR) : | Potentille rampante |
| Habitat : | Cliff tops, on wasteland, beside car parks and on upland slopes where the grass is short and the soil free draining. |
| Remarks : | "It was an ingredient in many spells in the Middle Ages, and was particularly used as a magic herb in love divinations...The roots have a bitterish, styptic, slightly sweetish taste and have been employed medicinally since the time of Hippocrates and Dioscorides." from Botanical.com |
| First appearing : | June |
| Abundance : | Abundant |
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