Potentilla recta seed

LATIN NAME: Potentilla recta

COMMON NAME: Sulphur Cinquefoil

The sulphur cinquefoil is a sturdy, upright perennial of the sunny banks, and its loose clusters of the pale-yellow flowers have made it a familiar wildflower of the waysides and the meadows. It grows as a perennial herb, reaching up to half a metre or a little more, with the erect, hairy stems bearing the palmate leaves of five or seven toothed leaflets and, through the summer, the loose, branching clusters of the small, five-petalled, pale-yellow flowers, followed by the small, dry, rounded heads of the many seeds. It is a species of the flowering plant in the rose family, and it is native to the Eurasia, while it has been introduced to the North America, and it is known as the sulphur cinquefoil.

The sulphur cinquefoil belongs to the rose family, Rosaceae, and it is a species of the perennial herb, native to the Eurasia, while it has been carried to the North America and the other regions, and it is known as the sulphur cinquefoil. It is a sturdy, familiar wildflower of the sunny banks and the waysides.

Scientific Research & Plant Biotechnology

The sulphur cinquefoil has a real and steady place in the research. It has been studied in the botany and the ecology, since it is a sturdy, tough perennial of the dry, open ground, and researchers have examined its growth, its spread and its ways of surviving on the poor soils, while its spread through the disturbed ground has drawn attention in the international ecological press as a plant of the waysides. The plant has also been studied in the chemistry and the traditional use, since the cinquefoils have a long history of use in the folk ways of the old world, and researchers have examined the plant and its constituents, while the traditional uses of the cinquefoils have been of continuing interest, and the plant is best appreciated as a subject of study and of the folk use rather than a casual remedy. The species has also been studied in the agriculture and the weed science, since it is a familiar weed of the pastures and the rangeland, and the growers have examined its control and its management, while the biology of this tough perennial has been of continuing interest. For a wildflower of such hardiness, the sulphur cinquefoil has a steady and continuing record of study.

Ecological & Economic Value & Wide Applications

Ecologically, the sulphur cinquefoil is a sturdy plant of the open ground. Its pale-yellow flowers feed the bees and the many insects, and its tough, leafy clumps give a cover to the ground of the dry banks, while it is a familiar presence in the meadows and the waysides. It is a wildflower that asks for little — a sunny bank, a dry verge, a patch of poor soil — and rewards the passer-by with its loose, pale-yellow clusters through the whole of the summer, and its small, rounded seed heads are a quiet, tidy finish to the season.

Its economic value is modest but real. The sulphur cinquefoil is valued in the folk ways of the old world, and its hardiness has drawn attention in the international ecological and herbal press, while its roots have been used in the traditional remedies of the regions. For a grower, the sulphur cinquefoil is an easy and interesting plant, and for the curious gardener it brings a sturdy, pale-yellow bloom to the sunny bank. The seeds are easy to start — press them gently into the surface of moist, free-draining compost, keep them lightly watered, and they’ll be sprouting steadily, growing on into a sturdy, hardy, pale-yellow-flowered plant.

Uses: Medicinal
Rhizomes are rich in tannin. Ideal for diarrhea and as a soothing application to burns. Sulphur yellow flowers. Thrives in dry open areas.