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Scientific name Potentilla reptans
Authority L.
First published in Sp. Pl. : 499 (1753)

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Potentilla reptans, also known as creeping cinquefoil or European cinquefoil, is a perennial flowering plant in the Rosaceae family. It is native to Eurasia and Northern Africa but has been introduced to other regions. Its stems trail and root at the nodes, with leaves on long stalks. The plant produces yellow flowers from June to August, which are about 2 cm in diameter and have five heart-shaped petals. It is often found in crushed masonry in the South of England and is a favorite of the grizzled skipper butterfly. The plant's roots have shown moderate antimicrobial activity against common wound pathogens. However, it can also be an invasive weed in lawns and flowerbeds, and is difficult to eradicate once established. All of the taproots must be removed to prevent regrowth.

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Scientific name Authority First published in
Fragaria reptans Crantz Inst. Rei Herb. 2: 179 (1766)
Potentilla reptans var. mollis Borbás Budap. Körn. Növén. : 162 (1879)
Potentilla anomala Ledeb. Fl. Ross. 2: 53 (1843)
Dasiphora reptans (L.) Raf. Autik. Bot. : 168 (1840)
Dynamidium reptans Fourr. Ann. Soc. Linn. Lyon sér. 2, 16: 371. 1868
Potentilla subpedata K.Koch Linnaea 16: 349 (1842)
Potentilla repens L. Amoen. Acad. 4: 484 (1759)
Potentilla abyssinica A.Rich. Tent. Fl. Abyss. 1: 257 (1847)
Potentilla microphylla (Tratt.) Zimmeter Jahresber. K. K. Staats-Ober-Realschule Steyr 14: 6. 1884 [Aug-Sep 1884] ; Eur. Art. Gatt. Potentilla
Potentilla pinnatifida C.Presl Delic. Prag. 1: 54 (1822)
Potentilla sessilis F.W.Schmidt Samml. Phys. Aufsätze Böhm. Naturgesch. 1: 197 (1791)
Potentilla reptans var. lanata Lange Pugillus plantarum imprimis hispanicarum ; 1860 341 1865
Potentilla cacerensis Riv.Mateos Revista Estremadura ; 433 1900
Fragaria pentaphyllum Crantz Stirp. Austr. Fasc. 2: 23 (1763)
Tormentilla reptans L. Sp. Pl. : 500 (1753)

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Language Common/alternative name
English creeping cinquefoil
English cinquefoil
Spanish fragaria pentaphylla
Spanish quinquefolio
Spanish potentila rastrera
Spanish pie de cristo
Spanish fragaria reptans
Spanish dynamidium reptans
Spanish cinquefolio
Spanish cincoenrama
Arabic ذو الخمسة اوراق
Arabic بنظافلون
Arabic بنطافلن
Belarusian Дуброўка паўзучая
Bulgarian пълзящ очиболец
Catalan cinc-en-rama
Catalan potentille rampante
Czech mochna plazivá
Welsh pumnalen ymlusgol
Welsh pumbys
Welsh pumnalen
Danish krybende potentil
German kriechendes fingerkraut
German potentille rampante
German fünffingerkraut
Esperanto rampa potentilo
Estonian roomav maran
Basque zaingorri bostorri
Persian پتنتیلا رپتنس
Finnish suikerohanhikki
French main-de-mars
French herbe à cinq feuilles
French potentille rampante
Irish cúig mhéar mhuire
Hebrew חמשן זוחל
Croatian puzajući petoprst
Upper Sorbian Łažawy porstnik
Upper Sorbian pumpotawa
Hungarian indás pimpó
Hungarian kúszó pimpó
Italian cinquefoglia comune
Korean 가락지나물
Cornish pympdelen
Lithuanian penkiapirštė sidabražolė
Lithuanian potentille rampante
Norwegian Bokmål krypmure
Dutch vijfvingerkruid
Dutch klein vijfvingerkruid
pdc fimffingergraut
Polish pięciornik rozłogowy
Portuguese cinco-em-rama
Romanian cinci degete
Romanian cinci-degete
se fiskesjuopmu
Slovak nátržník plazivý
Slovenian plazeči petoprstnik
Swedish drabind
Swedish rev-fingerört
Swedish potentille rampante
Swedish drabing
Swedish drabinda
Swedish revfingerört
tg Борзад
Chinese 金棒锤
Chinese 匍匐委陵菜
Chinese 五叶草莓
Chinese 金金棒
Chinese 五葉草莓

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Name Authority First published in
Potentilla reptans var. sericophylla Franch. Pl. David. 1: 113. 1884 (1884)

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Distribution (via POWO/KEW) Top

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- Extinct
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- Native
  • Africa
    • Macaronesia
      • Azores
      • Canary Islands
      • Madeira
    • Northeast Tropical Africa
      • Eritrea
      • Ethiopia
    • Northern Africa
      • Algeria
      • Libya
      • Morocco
      • Tunisia
  • Asia-temperate
    • Arabian Peninsula
      • Yemen
    • Caucasus
      • North Caucasus
      • Transcaucasus
    • China
      • China North-central
      • China South-central
      • China Southeast
      • Inner Mongolia
      • Xinjiang
    • Middle Asia
      • Kazakhstan
      • Kirgizstan
      • Tadzhikistan
      • Turkmenistan
      • Uzbekistan
    • Russian Far East
      • Primorye
    • Western Asia
      • Afghanistan
      • Cyprus
      • Iran
      • Iraq
      • Lebanon-Syria
      • Palestine
      • Turkey
  • Australasia
    • Australia
      • Queensland
      • Tasmania
      • Victoria
    • New Zealand
      • New Zealand North
      • New Zealand South
  • Europe
    • Eastern Europe
      • Baltic States
      • Belarus
      • Central European Russia
      • East European Russia
      • Krym
      • Northwest European Russia
      • South European Russia
      • Ukraine
    • Middle Europe
      • Austria
      • Belgium
      • Czechoslovakia
      • Germany
      • Hungary
      • Netherlands
      • Poland
      • Switzerland
    • Northern Europe
      • Denmark
      • Finland
      • Great Britain
      • Ireland
      • Norway
      • Sweden
    • Southeastern Europe
      • Albania
      • Bulgaria
      • Greece
      • Italy
      • Kriti
      • Romania
      • Sicilia
      • Turkey-in-Europe
      • Yugoslavia
    • Southwestern Europe
      • Baleares
      • Corse
      • France
      • Portugal
      • Sardegna
      • Spain
  • Northern America
    • Eastern Canada
      • Nova Scotia
      • Ontario
      • Québec
    • North-central U.S.A.
      • Illinois
      • Minnesota
      • Wisconsin
    • Northeastern U.S.A.
      • Massachusetts
      • Michigan
      • New Jersey
      • New York
      • Ohio
      • Pennsylvania
    • Northwestern U.S.A.
      • Colorado
      • Oregon
      • Washington
    • Southeastern U.S.A.
      • District Of Columbia
      • Florida
      • Georgia
      • Kentucky
      • Louisiana
      • Maryland
      • Virginia
    • Southwestern U.S.A.
      • California

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Database ID/link to page
World Flora Online wfo-0001011690
UNII U5948S83NA
Florida Plant Atlas 1419
Canadensys 8844
USDA Plants PORE6
Tropicos 27800317
INPN 115624
Flora of Italy 2055
KEW urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:324739-2
The Plant List rjp-527
Open Tree Of Life 902635
Observations.org 7255
NCBI Taxonomy 57933
NBN Atlas NBNSYS0000003354
Nature Serve 2.142974
IPNI 324739-2
iNaturalist 167373
GBIF 5367273
Freebase /m/07p1l1
WisFlora 4651
EPPO PTLRE
EOL 230196
Elurikkus 6557
Calflora (Californian flora) 8722
USDA GRIN 317531
Wikipedia Potentilla_reptans

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Scientific Literature Top

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Bois noir management in vineyard: a review on effective and promising control strategies Pierro R, Moussa A, Mori N, Marcone C, Quaglino F, Romanazzi G Front Plant Sci 27-Mar-2024
PMCID:PMC11004249
doi:10.3389/fpls.2024.1364241
PMID:38601314
Commodity risk assessment of Corylus avellana plants from the UK Bragard C, Baptista P, Chatzivassiliou E, Di Serio F, Jaques Miret JA, Justesen AF, MacLeod A, Magnusson CS, Milonas P, Navas‐Cortes JA, Parnell S, Potting R, Reignault PL, Stefani E, Thulke H, Van der Werf W, Civera AV, Yuen J, Zappalà L, Battisti A, Mas H, Rigling D, Faccoli M, Mikulová A, Mosbach‐Schulz O, Stergulc F, Streissl F, Gonthier P EFSA J 12-Jan-2024
PMCID:PMC10784871
doi:10.2903/j.efsa.2024.8495
PMID:38222930
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
Experimental investigation of the responses of meadow buttercup (Ranunculus acris L.) to sodic salinity and its implications for habitat monitoring Wala M, Kołodziejek J, Mazur J, Patykowski J Sci Rep 20-Sep-2023
PMCID:PMC10511526
doi:10.1038/s41598-023-42738-2
PMID:37730898
Potentilla reptans L. preconditioning regulates H19 and MIAT long noncoding RNAs in H9C2 myoblasts Ischemia/Reperfusion model Mirzaei H, Salehi A, Javan B, Enayati A, nabi MO, Zahedi M, Zengin G BMC Complement Med Ther 31-Jul-2023
PMCID:PMC10388489
doi:10.1186/s12906-023-04071-z
PMID:37525174
Commodity risk assessment of Fagus sylvatica plants from the UK Bragard C, Baptista P, Chatzivassiliou E, Di Serio F, Jaques Miret JA, Justesen AF, MacLeod A, Magnusson CS, Milonas P, Navas‐Cortes JA, Parnell S, Potting R, Reignault PL, Stefani E, Thulke H, Van der Werf W, Vicent Civera A, Yuen J, Zappalà L, Battisti A, Mas H, Rigling D, Faccoli M, Gardi C, Iacopetti G, Mikulová A, Mosbach‐Schulz O, Stergulc F, Streissl F, Gonthier P EFSA J 28-Jul-2023
PMCID:PMC10375364
doi:10.2903/j.efsa.2023.8118
PMID:37522095
Commodity risk assessment of Acer pseudoplatanus plants from the UK Bragard C, Baptista P, Chatzivassiliou E, Di Serio F, Jaques Miret JA, Justesen AF, MacLeod A, Magnusson CS, Milonas P, Navas‐Cortes JA, Parnell S, Potting R, Reignault PL, Stefani E, Thulke H, Van der Werf W, Vicent Civera A, Yuen J, Zappalà L, Battisti A, Mas H, Rigling D, Faccoli M, Gardi C, Iacopetti G, Mikulová A, Mosbach‐Schulz O, Stergulc F, Streissl F, Gonthier P EFSA J 06-Jul-2023
PMCID:PMC10323731
doi:10.2903/j.efsa.2023.8074
PMID:37427019
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PMCID:PMC10323724
doi:10.2903/j.efsa.2023.8075
PMID:37427020
Commodity risk assessment of Acer campestre plants from the UK Bragard C, Baptista P, Chatzivassiliou E, Di Serio F, Jaques Miret JA, Justesen AF, MacLeod A, Magnusson CS, Milonas P, Navas‐Cortes JA, Parnell S, Potting R, Reignault PL, Stefani E, Thulke H, Van der Werf W, Vicent Civera A, Yuen J, Zappalà L, Battisti A, Mas H, Rigling D, Faccoli M, Gardi C, Iacopetti G, Mikulová A, Mosbach‐Schulz O, Stergulc F, Streissl F, Gonthier P EFSA J 06-Jul-2023
PMCID:PMC10323733
doi:10.2903/j.efsa.2023.8071
PMID:37427018
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PMCID:PMC10323725
doi:10.2903/j.efsa.2023.8073
PMID:37427021
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PMCID:PMC10345509
doi:10.3389/fpls.2023.1182266
PMID:37457339
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PMCID:PMC10255522
doi:10.3390/plants12112184
PMID:37299162
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PMCID:PMC10255622
doi:10.3390/plants12112129
PMID:37299108
The Effect of Combined Drought and Temperature Stress on the Physiological Status of Calcareous Grassland Species as Potential Candidates for Urban Green Infrastructure Krzyżak J, Rusinowski S, Sitko K, Szada-Borzyszkowska A, Borgulat J, Stec R, Hanslin HM, Pogrzeba M Plants (Basel) 16-May-2023
PMCID:PMC10222070
doi:10.3390/plants12102003
PMID:37653919
Consumer identity but not food availability affects carabid diet in cereal crops Guenay-Greunke Y, Trager H, Bohan DA, Traugott M, Wallinger C J Pest Sci (2004) 24-Apr-2023
PMCID:PMC10784395
doi:10.1007/s10340-023-01620-w
PMID:38223748

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