CINQUEFOIL. Potentilla reptans. N.O. Rosaceae.
Synonym : Five-leaf-grass, Fivefinger.
Habitat : Meadows, pastures, waysides.
Features : Stem long and creeping, rooting at joints, as the strawberry. Leaf stalks one to two inches long with five obovate leaflets, serrate, scattered hairs, veins prominent below. Flowers ( June-September) bright yellow, five petals, solitary, on long stalks from stem as the leaves.
Part used : Herb.
Action : Astringent.
Infusion of 1 ounce to 1 pint of water in wineglass doses for diarrhcea. Also as a gargle for relaxed throat. Externally as an astringent skin lotion.
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