Herb of the week: Cinquefoil.
Botanical name:
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Potentilla reptans L.
Engl.: creeping cinquefoil, five-leaf grass, cinquefoil, five fingers, five-finger blossom.
Deu.: Kriechendes Fingerkraut, Kriechendes Fünffingerkraut.
Sven.: revfingerört, revig fingerört.
Suom.: suikerohanhikki.
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Classic texts: Woodville 1790-1794.
Classic texts: John Hill 1812.
Classic texts: USDisp 1918.
Classic texts: King's 1898.
Vanhoja tekstejä: Flora Fennica. Suomen Kasvio, 1866.
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