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| name = Tormentil<br />
| image = Koeh-248.jpg<br />
| image_width = 240px<br />
| regnum = [[Plantae]]<br />
| divisio = [[Magnoliophyta]]<br />
| classis = [[Magnoliopsida]]<br />
| ordo = [[Rosales]]<br />
| familia = [[Rosaceae]]<br />
| genus = ''[[Potentilla]]''<br />
| species = '''''P. erecta'''''<br />
| binomial = ''Potentilla erecta''<br />
| binomial_authority = Uspenski ex [[Carl Friedrich von Ledebour|Ledeb.]]<br />
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'''Tormentil''' (''Potentilla erecta'') is a herbaceous perennial belonging to the rose family ([[Rosaceae]]), also known as "septifoil"<ref>http://www.thefreedictionary.com/Septfoil</ref>.<br />
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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.<br />
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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.<br />
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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.<br />
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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.<br />
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There are 2-8 dry, inedible fruits.<br />
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==Gallery==<br />
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Image:Potentilla erecta.JPG<br />
Image:Faroe stamp 158 tormentil (Potentilla erecta).jpg|Common Tormentil (on Faroese stamp<br />
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