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Internal ID UUID64403e9b45160901807458
Scientific name Comarum palustre
Authority L.
First published in Sp. Pl. : 502 (1753)

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Common products:
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Industrial and craft applications:
No established industrial or craft applications are recorded.

Food and beverages (non-medicinal):
No verified culinary uses are documented.

Colorants and tanning:
No documented uses for dyes or tannins.

Wood and fiber:
No wood or fiber products are reported.

Fragrance and cosmetics:
No cosmetic or fragrance uses are recorded.

Properties relevant to use:
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Standards and regulation:
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Synonyms Top

Scientific name Authority First published in
Potentilla comarum Nestl. Monogr. Potentilla : 36 (1816)
Argentina rubra Lam. Fl. Franç. 3: 120 (1779)
Comarum angustifolium Raf. Fl. Tellur. 2: 56 (1837)
Comarum palustre var. villosum Pers. Syn. Pl. 2: 58 (1806)
Comarum arcticum Gand. Bull. Soc. Bot. France 56: 533 (1909 publ. 1910)
Comarum digitatum Raf. Fl. Tellur. 2: 55 (1837)
Comarum tomentosum Raf. Autik. Bot. : 170 (1840)
Comarum rubrum Gilib. Fl. Lit. Inch. 2: 255 (1782)
Fragaria palustris (L.) Crantz Stirp. Austr. Fasc. 2: 11 (1763)
Potentilla rubra Hall.f. Mus. Helv. Bot. 1: 56 (1819)
Pancovia angustifolia Raf. Fl. Tellur. 2: 56. 1837 [1836 publ. Jan-Mar 1837]
Pancovia digitata Raf. Fl. Tellur. 2: 55. 1837 [1836 publ. Jan-Mar 1837]
Pancovia palustris Raf. Fl. Tellur. 2: 55. 1837 [1836 publ. Jan-Mar 1837]
Potentilla comariformis St.-Lag. Ann. Soc. Bot. Lyon 7: 132 (1880)
Potentilla digitata Raf. Fl. Tellur. 2: 55 (1837)
Potentilla angustifolia Raf. Fl. Tellur. 2: 56 (1837)
Comarum palustre var. myriotrichum Borbás ; 1896 211 1896
Potentilla palustris var. villosa (Pers.) Lehm. Nov. Stirp. Pug. [Lehmann] 9: 44. 1851 [1-14 May 1851]
Fragaria pinnatifida Stokes A botanical materia medica ; 1812 149 1812
Potentilla palustris (L.) Scop. Flora carniolica ; 1771 359 1771
Potentilla palustris f. ambifaria Gunnarsson Bot. Not. 1914: 222 (1914)
Comarum palustre var. ambifaria (Gunnarsson) Tzvelev Bot. Zhurn. (Moscow & Leningrad) 92: 897 (2007)
Pancovia palustris (L.) Nieuwl. Amer. Midl. Naturalist 4: 68 (1915)
Fragaria pinnatifolia Stokes Bot. Mat. Med. 3: 149 (1812)
Pancovia palustris (L.) Bubani Fl. Pyren. 2: 612 (1899)
Potentilla palustris f. glandulosa Gunnarsson Bot. Not. 1914: 219 (1914)
Potentilla palustris f. typica Gunnarsson Bot. Not. 1914: 218 (1914)
Comarum palustre subsp. angustifolium (Raf.) Tzvelev Bot. Zhurn. (Moscow & Leningrad) 92: 897 (2007)
Comarum palustre subsp. arcticum (Gand.) Tzvelev Bot. Zhurn. (Moscow & Leningrad) 92: 898 (2007)
Potentilla palustris var. parvifolia (Raf.) Fernald & B.H.Long Rhodora 16: 10 (1914)
Comarum angustifolium var. parvifolium Raf. Autik. Bot. : 170 (1840)
Comarum palustre var. glandulosum Farw. Amer. Midl. Naturalist 11: 264 (1929)
Comarum palustre var. glutinosum Tzvelev Bot. Zhurn. (Moscow & Leningrad) 92: 897 (2007)
Comarum palustre var. stipulatum Raf. Fl. Tellur. 2: 55 (1837)
Comarum palustre var. subglandulosum Borbás Természetrajzi Füz. 19: 216 (1896)
Potentilla palustris var. genuina Rouy & E.G.Camus Fl. France 6: 173 (1900)
Potentilla palustris var. remotifoliola Rouy & E.G.Camus Fl. France 6: 173 (1900)
Potentilla palustris var. stipulacea Rouy & E.G.Camus Fl. France 6: 173 (1900)
Potentilla palustris var. subdigitata Rouy & E.G.Camus Fl. France 6: 173 (1900)
Potentilla palustris f. subglabra Th.Wolf Biblioth. Bot. 16(71): 76 (1908)
Potentilla palustris var. subsericea W.Becker Deutsche Bot. Monatsschr. 15: 85 (1897)
Potentilla palustris var. remotifolia Rouy & E.G.Camus Fl. France 6: 173 (1900)
Comarum palustre var. stipulaceum Carion Cat. Pl. Saône-et-Loire : 147 (1859)
Potentilla palustris subf. subglabra (Th.Wolf) Gunnarsson Bot. Not. 1914: 219 (1914)
Potentilla palustris f. subsericea (W.Becker) Th.Wolf Biblioth. Bot. 16(71): 76 (1908)
Potentilla palustris var. villosa (Pers.) Gray Nat. Arr. Brit. Pl. 2: 581 (1821 publ. 1822)
Potentilla palustris subf. subglabra Gunnarsson Bot. Not. 1914: 219 (1914)
Potentilla palustris f. subsericea (W.Becker) Gunnarsson Bot. Not. 1914: 221 (1914)

Common names Top

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Language Common/alternative name
English purple marshlocks
English marsh cinquefoil
Belarusian Шабельнік балотны
Czech mochna bahenní
Welsh pumnalen y gors
Danish kragefod
German blutauge
Estonian soopihl
Finnish suokurjenjalka
Croatian močvarni petoprst
Upper Sorbian bahnowy porstnik
Hungarian tőzegeper
Icelandic engjarós
Japanese クロバナロウゲ
Lithuanian pelkinė sidabražolė
Latvian purva vārnkāja
Norwegian Bokmål myrhatt
Dutch wateraardbei
Norwegian Nynorsk myrhatt
os Далæгæрдæг
Yakutian Лээби от
se suotnjoruški
Swedish kråkklöver
Chinese 沼委陵菜
Chinese 半边苏

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Distribution (via POWO/KEW) Top

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- Extinct
- Introduced
- Native
  • Asia-temperate
    • Caucasus
      • North Caucasus
      • Transcaucasus
    • China
      • China North-central
      • Inner Mongolia
      • Manchuria
    • Eastern Asia
      • Japan
      • Korea
    • Middle Asia
      • Kazakhstan
    • Mongolia
      • Mongolia
    • Russian Far East
      • Amur
      • Kamchatka
      • Khabarovsk
      • Magadan
      • Primorye
      • Sakhalin
    • Siberia
      • Altay
      • Buryatiya
      • Chita
      • Irkutsk
      • Krasnoyarsk
      • Tuva
      • West Siberia
      • Yakutskiya
    • Western Asia
      • Turkey
  • Europe
    • Eastern Europe
      • Baltic States
      • Belarus
      • Central European Russia
      • East European Russia
      • North European Russia
      • Northwest European Russia
      • South European Russia
      • Ukraine
    • Middle Europe
      • Austria
      • Belgium
      • Czechoslovakia
      • Germany
      • Hungary
      • Netherlands
      • Poland
      • Switzerland
    • Northern Europe
      • Denmark
      • Finland
      • Føroyar
      • Great Britain
      • Iceland
      • Ireland
      • Norway
      • Sweden
    • Southeastern Europe
      • Bulgaria
      • Italy
      • Romania
      • Yugoslavia
    • Southwestern Europe
      • France
      • Spain
  • Northern America
    • Eastern Canada
      • Labrador
      • New Brunswick
      • Newfoundland
      • Nova Scotia
      • Ontario
      • Prince Edward Island
      • Québec
    • North-central U.S.A.
      • Illinois
      • Iowa
      • Minnesota
      • North Dakota
      • Wisconsin
    • Northeastern U.S.A.
      • Connecticut
      • Indiana
      • Maine
      • Massachusetts
      • Michigan
      • New Hampshire
      • New Jersey
      • New York
      • Ohio
      • Pennsylvania
      • Vermont
    • Northwestern U.S.A.
      • Colorado
      • Idaho
      • Montana
      • Oregon
      • Washington
      • Wyoming
    • Southwestern U.S.A.
      • California
      • Utah
    • Subarctic America
      • Alaska
      • Greenland
      • Northwest Territorie
      • Nunavut
      • Yukon
    • Western Canada
      • Alberta
      • British Columbia
      • Manitoba
      • Saskatchewan

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Database ID/link to page
World Flora Online wfo-0000985679
UNII DF6ZS88QHC
Canadensys 8643
USDA Plants COPA28
Tropicos 27800040
INPN 92217
Flora of Italy 2018
KEW urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:63773-2
The Plant List rjp-1293
PaleoBotany 4832
Open Tree Of Life 902637
Observations.org 2695
NCBI Taxonomy 57932
Nature Serve 2.128286
IUCN Red List 64310797
IPNI 63773-2
iNaturalist 62213
GBIF 3020532
WisFlora 3181
Elurikkus 3885
Calflora (Californian flora) 11544
USDA GRIN 450401
Wikipedia Comarum_palustre

Genomes (via NCBI) Top

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Accession Assembly
Name Level Submitter Released Coverage Size
GCA_951800085.1 drComPalu1.1 Chromosome WELLCOME SANGER INSTITUTE 2023-05-27 35 504.39 Mb

Scientific Literature Top

Below are displayed the latest 15 articles published in PMC (PubMed Central®) and other sources (DOI number only)!
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Title Authors Publication Released IDs
The genome sequence of the marsh cinquefoil, Comarum palustre L., also known as Potentilla palustris (L.) Scop. (Rosaceae). Christenhusz MJM, Leitch IJ Wellcome Open Res 05-Sep-2024
PMCID:PMC11549540
doi:10.12688/wellcomeopenres.23016.1
PMID:39526193
Geomagnetic Anomaly in the Growth Response of Peat Moss Sphagnum riparium to Temperature Mironov VL Plants (Basel) 22-Dec-2023
PMCID:PMC10780739
doi:10.3390/plants13010048
PMID:38202356
The most polyphagous insect herbivore? Host plant associations of the Meadow spittlebug, Philaenus spumarius (L.) Thompson V, Harkin C, Stewart AJ PLoS One 04-Oct-2023
PMCID:PMC10602594
doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0291734
PMID:37792900
Mass Spectrometric Fingerprint Mapping Reveals Species-Specific Differences in Plant Polyphenols and Related Bioactivities Vanhakylä S, Salminen JP Molecules 31-Aug-2023
PMCID:PMC10490256
doi:10.3390/molecules28176388
PMID:37687216
A Voucher Flora of Diatoms from Fens in the Tanana River Floodplain, Alaska Hamilton VA, Lee SS, Rober AR, Furey PC, Manoylov KM, Wyatt KH Water (Basel) 02-Aug-2023
PMCID:PMC10750759
doi:10.3390/w15152803
PMID:38152466
Host Phylogeny Structures the Gut Bacterial Community Within Galerucella Leaf Beetles An Y, Braga MP, Garcia SL, Grudzinska-Sterno M, Hambäck PA Microb Ecol 14-Jun-2023
PMCID:PMC10640405
doi:10.1007/s00248-023-02251-5
PMID:37314477
Metabolites of Geum aleppicum and Sibbaldianthe bifurca: Diversity and α-Glucosidase Inhibitory Potential Kashchenko NI, Olennikov DN, Chirikova NK Metabolites 25-May-2023
PMCID:PMC10304466
doi:10.3390/metabo13060689
PMID:37367847
The medicinal chemistry of Urtica dioica L.: from preliminary evidence to clinical studies supporting its neuroprotective activity Semwal P, Rauf A, Olatunde A, Singh P, Zaky MY, Islam MM, Khalil AA, Aljohani AS, Al Abdulmonem W, Ribaudo G Nat Prod Bioprospect 12-May-2023
PMCID:PMC10176313
doi:10.1007/s13659-023-00380-5
PMID:37171512
Species richness drives selection of individuals within wetlands based on traits related to acquisition and utilization of light Deschamps L, Proulx R, Rheault G, Gross N, Watson C, Maire V Ecol Evol 07-Apr-2023
PMCID:PMC10082176
doi:10.1002/ece3.9959
PMID:37038518
Pectin-like polysaccharide extracted from leaves Crataeva tapia promotes antioxidant, immunomodulatory and emulsifiers applied in therapeutic formulations da Paz Leôncio Alves S, Jacob IT, Arruda MD, da Silva AR, de Sousa GF, de Souza GA, de Lima MD, de Souza IA, de Melo CM, da Cruz Filho IJ, do Nascimento Santos DK 3 Biotech 09-Mar-2023
PMCID:PMC9998804
doi:10.1007/s13205-023-03509-y
PMID:36909979
A Tale of Two Seasons: Distinct Seasonal Viral Communities in a Thermokarst Lake Langlois V, Girard C, Vincent WF, Culley AI Microorganisms 08-Feb-2023
PMCID:PMC9964402
doi:10.3390/microorganisms11020428
PMID:36838393
The Influence of Shallow Peatland Water Quality on Characteristics of the Occurrence of Selected Herb Species in the Peatlands of Eastern Poland Serafin A, Pogorzelec M, Bronowicka-Mielniczuk U Int J Environ Res Public Health 04-Feb-2023
PMCID:PMC9957369
doi:10.3390/ijerph20042788
PMID:36833486
The Search for Suitable Habitats for Endangered Species at Their Historical Sites—Conditions for the Success of Salix lapponum and Salix myrtilloides Reintroduction Arciszewski M, Pogorzelec M, Bronowicka-Mielniczuk U, Niedźwiecki M, Parzymies M, Serafin A Int J Environ Res Public Health 09-Jan-2023
PMCID:PMC9859233
doi:10.3390/ijerph20021133
PMID:36673887
Microhabitat Conditions and Inter-Species Competition Predict the Successful Restoration of Declining Relict Species Populations Kamocki AK, Kołos A, Pogorzelec M, Ożgo M Int J Environ Res Public Health 29-Dec-2022
PMCID:PMC9819776
doi:10.3390/ijerph20010608
PMID:36612929
Response of Macrophyte Diversity in Coastal Lakes to Watershed Land Use and Salinity Gradient Grzybowski M, Burandt P, Glińska-Lewczuk K, Lew S, Obolewski K Int J Environ Res Public Health 10-Dec-2022
PMCID:PMC9779085
doi:10.3390/ijerph192416620
PMID:36554500

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