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Picture of Sliverweed Plant press of Silverweed
Silverweed
Potentilla anserina L.

 

Plant Description:

  • Creeping plant that spreads by runners
  • Leaves look like ferns with green leaflets that are wooly-white underneath
  • Individual yellow flowers on long stalks
  • Occurs in wet areas
  • May be used in treatment of cancer
  • A wash for freckles, spots, acne and sunburns
  • Found at Stops 3 and 6

 

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-Sourced from Budd's Flora of the Canadian Prairie Provinces, 1979 and
Plants of the Western Boreal Forest & Aspen Parkland, 1995.
Refer to references for full publication details.


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