Rosaceae FAMILY
Potentilla fruticosa
Potentilla fruticosa
Edibility
1/5
Medicinal
1/5
Safety & Hazards
None known
Botanical Description
Potentilla fruticosa is a deciduous shrub that can grow up to 1.20 metres tall. It is harvested from the wild for local use as a food, medicine and source of materials.
Habitat & Origin
Origintemperate
Native RangeEurope, including Britain, from Sweden south and east to the Pyrenees, N. and C. Asia to Japan.
HabitatDamp rocky ground, usually on limestone[ 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. ].