Potentilla rupestris

Linn.

Prairie tea, Rock cinquefoil, Khaltalsa, Polvoi-tchai

RosaceaeLeavesSpice/Beverage

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What to Eat

Edible parts: Leaves - tea

The leaves can be brewed into a tea.

Where to Find It

It is a temperate plant. In northern China it grows on gravelly slopes between 1,000-1,100 m above sea level.

Asia, Australia, China, Europe, Luxembourg, Russia, Siberia, Slovenia,

Countries: Andorra, United Arab Emirates, Afghanistan, Albania, Armenia, Austria, Australia, Azerbaijan, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Bangladesh, Belgium, Bulgaria, Bahrain, Brunei, Bhutan, Belarus, Switzerland, China, Cyprus, Czechia, Germany, Denmark, Estonia, Spain, Finland, France, United Kingdom, Georgia, Greece, Croatia, Hungary, Indonesia, Ireland, Israel, India, Iraq, Iran, Iceland, Italy, Jordan, Japan, Kyrgyzstan, Cambodia, North Korea, South Korea, Kuwait, Kazakhstan, Laos, Lebanon, Liechtenstein, Sri Lanka, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Latvia, Monaco, Moldova, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Myanmar, Mongolia, Malta, Maldives, Malaysia, Netherlands, Norway, Nepal, Oman, Philippines, Pakistan, Poland, Portugal, Qatar, Romania, Serbia, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Sweden, Singapore, Slovenia, Slovakia, San Marino, Syria, Thailand, Tajikistan, Timor-Leste, Turkmenistan, Turkey, Taiwan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, Vietnam, Yemen

How to Identify

A herb. It keeps growing from year to year. The roots are thick. The flowering stems are 18-45 cm tall. The leaves are the base are 6-15 cm long. They usually have 2-3 pairs of leaflets.

How to Grow

Easily grown in a well-drained loam, preferring a position in full sun but tolerating shade. Prefers an alkaline soil but tolerates a slightly acid soil. Succeeds in dry soils in the wild. Hardy to about -25°c. Members of this genus are rarely if ever troubled by browsing deer.

Propagation: Sow seed in early spring or autumn in a cold frame. Once seedlings are large enough to handle, prick them out into individual pots and grow them on in the greenhouse through their first winter, then plant out in late spring or early summer after the last expected frosts. For division in spring, larger clumps can go directly into permanent positions, but smaller divisions are better potted up and grown on in light shade in a cold frame until well established before planting out in late spring or early summer.

Medicinal Uses

None known.

Other Uses

None known.

Wikipedia

Source ↗

Potentilla rupestris is a compact self-fertile perennial growing 0.5 m (1 ft 8 in) tall and wide, hardy to UK zone 5. It flowers from May to June and is pollinated by insects. The species accommodates light sandy, medium loamy, and heavy clay soils with good drainage, thriving across mildly acidic to basic soils. It grows in semi-shade or full sun and tolerates both dry and moist conditions.

Names & Synonyms

Skalni petoprstnik

P. foliosa.

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