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{{Taxobox | color = lightgreen
| name = Tormentil
| image = Koeh-248.jpg
| image_width = 240px
| regnum = [[Plantae]]
| divisio = [[Magnoliophyta]]
| classis = [[Magnoliopsida]]
| ordo = [[Rosales]]
| familia = [[Rosaceae]]
| genus = ''[[Potentilla]]''
| species = '''''P. erecta'''''
| binomial = ''Potentilla erecta''
| binomial_authority = Uspenski ex [[Carl Friedrich von Ledebour|Ledeb.]]
}}
'''Tormentil''' (''Potentilla erecta'') is a herbaceous perennial belonging to the rose family ([[Rosaceae]]), also known as "septifoil"<ref>http://www.thefreedictionary.com/Septfoil</ref>.
It is a low, clumb-forming plant with slender, procumbent to arcuately upright stalks, growing 10-30 cm. tall and with non-rooting runners It grows wild all over Asia and northern [[Europe]], mostly in a wide variety of habitats, such as clearings, meadows, sandy soils and dunes.
This plant is flowering from May to August/September. There is one yellow, 7-11 mm wide flower, growing at the tip of a long stalk. There are almost always four notched [[petal]]s, each with a length between 3 and 6 mm. Four petals are rather uncommon in the rose family. The petals are somewhat longer than the [[sepal]]s. There are 20-25 [[stamen]]s.
The glossy [[Leaf|leaves]] are pinnately compound. The radical leaves have a long [[Petiole (botany)|petiole]], while the leaves on the stalks are usually sessile and have sometimes shorter petioles. Each leaf consists of three obovate leaflets with serrate leaf margins. The [[stipule]]s are leaflike and palmately lobed.
The rhizomatous [[root]] is thick. A lotion prepared from the dried root has been used both as medicine to treat a number of ailments (to stop bleedings or against diarrhea), for food in times of need and to dye [[leather]] red.
There are 2-8 dry, inedible fruits.
==Gallery==
<gallery>
Image:Potentilla erecta.JPG
Image:Faroe stamp 158 tormentil (Potentilla erecta).jpg|Common Tormentil (on Faroese stamp
</gallery>
==References==
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{{Commons|Potentilla erecta}}
[[Category:Potentilla]]
[[Category:Natural dyes]]
[[Category:Medicinal plants]]
[[Category:Flora of Estonia]]
| name = Tormentil
| image = Koeh-248.jpg
| image_width = 240px
| regnum = [[Plantae]]
| divisio = [[Magnoliophyta]]
| classis = [[Magnoliopsida]]
| ordo = [[Rosales]]
| familia = [[Rosaceae]]
| genus = ''[[Potentilla]]''
| species = '''''P. erecta'''''
| binomial = ''Potentilla erecta''
| binomial_authority = Uspenski ex [[Carl Friedrich von Ledebour|Ledeb.]]
}}
'''Tormentil''' (''Potentilla erecta'') is a herbaceous perennial belonging to the rose family ([[Rosaceae]]), also known as "septifoil"<ref>http://www.thefreedictionary.com/Septfoil</ref>.
It is a low, clumb-forming plant with slender, procumbent to arcuately upright stalks, growing 10-30 cm. tall and with non-rooting runners It grows wild all over Asia and northern [[Europe]], mostly in a wide variety of habitats, such as clearings, meadows, sandy soils and dunes.
This plant is flowering from May to August/September. There is one yellow, 7-11 mm wide flower, growing at the tip of a long stalk. There are almost always four notched [[petal]]s, each with a length between 3 and 6 mm. Four petals are rather uncommon in the rose family. The petals are somewhat longer than the [[sepal]]s. There are 20-25 [[stamen]]s.
The glossy [[Leaf|leaves]] are pinnately compound. The radical leaves have a long [[Petiole (botany)|petiole]], while the leaves on the stalks are usually sessile and have sometimes shorter petioles. Each leaf consists of three obovate leaflets with serrate leaf margins. The [[stipule]]s are leaflike and palmately lobed.
The rhizomatous [[root]] is thick. A lotion prepared from the dried root has been used both as medicine to treat a number of ailments (to stop bleedings or against diarrhea), for food in times of need and to dye [[leather]] red.
There are 2-8 dry, inedible fruits.
==Gallery==
<gallery>
Image:Potentilla erecta.JPG
Image:Faroe stamp 158 tormentil (Potentilla erecta).jpg|Common Tormentil (on Faroese stamp
</gallery>
==References==
<!--This section uses the Cite.php citation mechanism. If you would like more information on how to add references to this article, please see http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Cite/Cite.php -->
<references/>
{{Commons|Potentilla erecta}}
[[Category:Potentilla]]
[[Category:Natural dyes]]
[[Category:Medicinal plants]]
[[Category:Flora of Estonia]]
