Rosaceae FAMILY

Potentilla egedei

Edibility

2/5

Medicinal

1/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Potentilla egedei is a perennial plant that can grow up to 0.50 metres tall. It is harvested from the wild for local use as a food and medicine

Habitat & Origin

Origintemperate

Native RangeE. Asia. Western N. America - Alaska to California..

HabitatCoastal dunes, beaches, sand flats, marsh edges and streambanks, occasionally inland, from Alaska to California[ 60 Title Vascular Plants of the Pacific Northwest. Publication Author Hitchcock. C. L. Publisher University of Washington Press Year 1955 ISBN - Description A standard flora for Western N. America with lots of information on habitat etc. Five large volumes, it is not for the casual reader. ].