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Potentilla

cinquefoil

Other common names
five fingers
Synonyms
Comarum
Botanical details
Family
Rosaceae
Native to GB / Ireland
No
Genus

Potentilla

Genus description

Potentilla can be herbaceous perennials, deciduous shrubs, or annuals, with palmately or pinnately divided leaves and solitary or clustered, saucer-shaped, 5-petalled flowers appearing over a long period

Name status

Correct

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