The Probert Encyclopaedia of Nature

SILVERWEED

Silverweed (Potentilla anserina) is a perennial herb of the family Rosaceae native to Britain and Europe, with a short rhizome and prostrate rooting stolons. The leaves are odd-pinnate with pairs of larger leaflets alternating with smaller ones. The leaflets are oval to rectangular, coarsely serrate and usually silvery on both sides, or sometimes only below. The flowers are bright-yellow, long-stalked and solitary and grow from the leaf axils. The fruit is an achene.
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