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Creeping cinquefoil
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Creeping cinquefoil

Potentilla reptans

Potentilla reptans, known as the creeping cinquefoil, European cinquefoil or creeping tormentil, is a plant in the Rosaceae family.

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In the old herbals & bestiaries

Creeping cinquefoil in Six Groups of the History of Plants

Six Groups of the History of Plants

Rembert Dodoens · 1583 · p.137

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 167373.