Potentilla canadensis explained

Potentilla canadensis, the dwarf cinquefoil, is a species of cinquefoil (genus Potentilla) native to North America.[1]

The Iroquois take a pounded infusion of the roots as an antidiarrheal.[2] The Natchez give the plant as a drug for those believed to be bewitched.[3]

Along with Potentilla simplex, the plant is an indicator of impoverished soil[4] as well as the host species for the cinquefoil bud gall wasp Diastrophus potentillae.[5]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: USDA Plants Database.
  2. Herrick . James William . 1977 . Iroquois Medical Botany . State University of New York . Albany . PhD . 353.
  3. Swanton . John R . 1928 . Religious Beliefs and Medical Practices of the Creek Indians . SI-BAE Annual Report . 42 . 667.
  4. Book: Niering . William A. . William Niering. Olmstead . Nancy C. . The Audubon Society Field Guide to North American Wildflowers, Eastern Region . 1985 . 1979. Knopf . 0-394-50432-1 . 753.
  5. Web site: Diastrophus potentillae . Gallformers . gallformers.org . 8 March 2023.

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