Rosaceae FAMILY

Potentilla simplex

Edibility

0/5

Medicinal

1/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Potentilla simplex is a perennial plant that can grow up to 0.10 metres tall. It is harvested from the wild for local use as a medicine..

Habitat & Origin

Origintemperate

Native RangeEastern and Central N. America - Nova Scotia to North Carolina, Alabama, Minnesota and Missouri.

HabitatLocally common in dry open woods, prairie hillsides, roadsides, old fields and waste places[ 228 Title Flora of the Great Plains. Publication Author McGregor. R. L. & Barkley. T. M. Publisher University Press of Kansas. Year 1986 ISBN 070060295x Description A useful source of habitats. ].