Common name
English: Tormentil
German: Blutwurz
Portuguese: Consolda-vermelha
English: Tormentil
German: Blutwurz
Portuguese: Consolda-vermelha
Kingdom: Plantae (2593)
Phylum: Tracheophyta (2490)
Class: Magnoliopsida (2105)
Order: Rosales (117)
Family: Rosaceae (55)(family description)
Genus: Potentilla (5)
Epithet: erecta (L.) Räuschel (8)
Synonym: Potentilla pubescens (Woerl.) Poeverl.
erecta => upright, perpendicular
pubescens => downy, slightly hairy
Climate: temperate
Habitat: mesophytic
Habit: herb
Flower colour: yellow
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