Rosaceae Potentilla sp.

Five Finger

Cherokee - Drug, Febrifuge

Use documented by:
Witthoft, John, 1947, An Early Cherokee Ethnobotanical Note, Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences 37(3):73-75, page 74

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Scientific name: Potentilla sp.
Common names: Five Finger
Family: Rosaceae
Family (APG): Rosaceae
Native American Tribe: Cherokee
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Febrifuge
Notes: Infusion given for fever.

RECRD: 92316 id: 29862

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