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Potentilla reptans
Also called European Five Finger, European Fivefinger
Creeping cinquefoil is a low, trailing perennial with yellow five-petalled flowers that roots at its nodes to spread. It is a hardy wild and garden plant that tolerates a wide range of conditions, and it can become a weed in lawns and beds.
Potentilla reptans, known as the creeping cinquefoil, European cinquefoil or creeping tormentil, is a flowering plant in the family Rosaceae.
P. reptans grows in neutral soils, where it utilizes both natural and manmade habitats such as grasslands, hedgerows, roadsides and arable land. The species can also grow in grass lawns and flowerbeds as an unwanted weed. The grizzled skipper butterfly (Pyrgus malvae) utilizes P. reptans as a foodplant for its caterpillars.
Alcoholic extracts from roots of P. reptans showed a moderate antimicrobial activity against common wound pathogens.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Potentilla reptans by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
Pet safety from the ASPCA toxic and non-toxic plant lists.
