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Summary
Physical Characteristics
Potentilla palustris is a PERENNIAL growing to 0.5 m (1ft 8in) by 1.5 m (5ft).
See above for USDA hardiness. It is hardy to UK zone 3. It is in flower from May to August. The species is hermaphrodite (has both male and female organs) and is pollinated by Insects. The plant is self-fertile.
Suitable for: light (sandy), medium (loamy) and heavy (clay) soils. Suitable pH: mildly acid, neutral and basic (mildly alkaline) soils and can grow in very acid soils.
It can grow in semi-shade (light woodland) or no shade. It prefers wet soil.
UK Hardiness Map
US Hardiness Map
Synonyms
Comarum palustre. L.
Plant Habitats
Bog Garden;
Edible Uses
Edible Parts:
Edible Uses: Tea
The dried leaves are a tea substitute[177, 183, 257].
References More on Edible Uses
Medicinal Uses
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Astringent Dysentery
The root is astringent. A decoction has been used in the treatment of dysentery and stomach cramps[257].
References More on Medicinal Uses
Other Uses
Dye Tannin
A red dye is obtained from the flowers[61]. Tannin is obtained from the root[61].
Special Uses
References More on Other Uses
Cultivation details
Requires a moist to wet soil, preferably on the acid side. A very cold-hardy plant, tolerating temperatures down to about -25°c[187]. A rapidly spreading plant, capable of forming clumps several metres across[187]. It is a plant for the wild wet garden[187]. Members of this genus are rarely if ever troubled by browsing deer[233].
References Carbon Farming Information and Carbon Sequestration Information
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Plant Propagation
Seed - sow early spring or autumn in a cold frame. When they are large enough to handle, prick the seedlings out into individual pots and grow them on in the greenhouse for their first winter. Plant them out into their permanent positions in late spring or early summer, after the last expected frosts. Division in spring. Larger divisions can be planted out direct into their permanent positions. We have found that it is better to pot up the smaller divisions and grow them on in light shade in a cold frame until they are well established before planting them out in late spring or early summer.
Other Names
If available other names are mentioned here
Native Range
TEMPERATE ASIA: Russian Federation-Ciscaucasia (Ciscaucasia), Azerbaijan, Russian Federation (Buryatia, Gorno-Altay, Tyva, Respublika, Yakutia-Sakha, Altay, Krasnoyarsk, Chita, Irkutsk, Kemerovskaja oblast, Kurganskaja oblast, Novosibirsk, Omsk, Tomsk, Tyumen), Mongolia, Japan (Hokkaidô, Honshu) NORTHERN AMERICA: Canada (Northwest Territories, Yukon, Québec, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Prince Edward Island, New Brunswick, Newfoundland and Labrador, Saskatchewan, Alberta, Manitoba, British Columbia), Greenland, United States (Connecticut, Indiana, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Vermont, Illinois, Iowa, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington, Wyoming, California (north), Utah (northeast)) EUROPE: Denmark, Finland, Faroe Islands, United Kingdom, Ireland, Iceland, Norway, Sweden, Austria, Belgium, Switzerland, Czech Republic, Germany, Hungary, Netherlands, Poland, Slovakia, Russian Federation (European part), Belarus, Estonia, Lithuania, Latvia, Ukraine, Bulgaria, Croatia (north), Italy (north), North Macedonia, Romania, Slovenia, Spain, France
Weed Potential
Right plant wrong place. We are currently updating this section.
Please note that a plant may be invasive in one area but may not
in your area so it's worth checking.
Conservation Status
IUCN Red List of Threatened Plants Status :
IUCN Red List
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| Latin Name | Common Name | Habit | Height | Hardiness | Growth | Soil | Shade | Moisture | Edible | Medicinal | Other |
| Potentilla anserina | Silverweed | Perennial | 0.3 |
4-8
| F | LMH | SN | M | 3 | 3 | 2 |
| Potentilla bicolor | | Perennial | 1.0 |
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| | LMH | SN | M | 1 | 0 | |
| Potentilla chinensis | Chinese Cinquefoil | Perennial | 0.6 |
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| | LMH | SN | M | 1 | 1 | |
| Potentilla cryptotaeniae | | Perennial | 1.0 |
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| | LMH | SN | M | 0 | 1 | |
| Potentilla discolor | | Perennial | 0.3 |
-
| | LMH | SN | M | 2 | 1 | |
| Potentilla egedei | Pacific Silverweed | Perennial | 0.5 |
4-8
| | LMH | SN | M | 2 | 1 | |
| Potentilla erecta | Tormentil, Erect cinquefoil | Perennial | 0.3 |
4-8
| | LMH | SN | M | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| Potentilla fragarioides | | Perennial | 0.3 |
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| | LMH | SN | M | 1 | 1 | |
| Potentilla fruticosa | Shrubby Cinquefoil, Potentilla | Shrub | 1.2 |
2-6
| M | LMH | SN | M | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| Potentilla glandulosa | Gland Cinquefoil, Sticky cinquefoil, Arizona cinquefoil, Ashland cinquefoil, Ewan's cinquefoil, Hans | Perennial | 0.6 |
6-9
| | LMH | SN | M | 1 | 1 | |
| Potentilla hippiana | Woolly Cinquefoil | Perennial | 0.6 |
5-9
| | LMH | SN | M | 0 | 1 | |
| Potentilla kleiniana | | Perennial | 0.3 |
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| | LMH | SN | M | 1 | 1 | |
| Potentilla multifida | | Perennial | 0.3 |
3-7
| | LMH | SN | M | 2 | 0 | |
| Potentilla nepalensis | Nepal Cinquefoil, Cinquefoil | Perennial | 0.6 |
5-10
| M | LMH | SN | M | 2 | 1 | |
| Potentilla norvegica | Norwegian Cinquefoil | Annual/Perennial | 0.3 |
3-7
| | LMH | SN | M | 0 | 1 | |
| Potentilla recta | Rough-Fruited Cinquefoil, Erect cinquefoil | Perennial | 0.6 |
4-8
| | LMH | SN | M | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Potentilla reptans | Cinquefoil, Creeping cinquefoil | Perennial | 1.0 |
4-8
| | LMH | N | DM | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| Potentilla rupestris | Rock Cinquefoil | Perennial | 0.5 |
4-8
| | LMH | SN | DM | 1 | 0 | |
| Potentilla simplex | Old Field Cinquefoil, Common cinquefoil | Perennial | 0.1 |
3-7
| | LMH | SN | M | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Potentilla supina | | Annual/Perennial | 0.3 |
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| | LMH | SN | M | 1 | 1 | |
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Growth: S = slow M = medium F = fast. Soil: L = light (sandy) M = medium H = heavy (clay). pH: A = acid N = neutral B = basic (alkaline). Shade: F = full shade S = semi-shade N = no shade. Moisture: D = dry M = Moist We = wet Wa = water.
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