Rosaceae FAMILY
Potentilla rupestris
Potentilla rupestris
Edibility
1/5
Medicinal
0/5
Safety & Hazards
None known
Botanical Description
Potentilla rupestris is a perennial plant that can grow up to 0.45 metres tall. It is harvested from the wild for local use as a food.
Habitat & Origin
Origintemperate
Native RangeEurope, including Britain, from Scandanavia south and east to Spain, W. and C. Asia.
HabitatBasic rocks[ 17 Title Flora of the British Isles. Publication Author Clapham, Tutin and Warburg. Publisher Cambridge University Press Year 1962 ISBN - Description A very comprehensive flora, the standard reference book but it has no pictures. ] and woody slopes in mountains[ 100 Title Flowers of Europe - A Field Guide. Publication Author Polunin. O. Publisher Oxford University Press Year 1969 ISBN 0192176218 Description An excellent and well illustrated pocket guide for those with very large pockets. Also gives some details on plant uses. ]. Dry sunny rocky slopes in the mountains[ 187 Title Perennials. Volumes 1 and 2. Publication Author Phillips. R. & Rix. M. Publisher Pan Books Year 1991 ISBN 0-330-30936-9 Description Photographs of over 3,000 species and cultivars of ornamental plants together with brief cultivation notes, details of habitat etc. ].