Potentilla canadensis

Potentilla canadensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
(unranked):	Rosids
Order:	Rosales
Family:	Rosaceae
Genus:	Potentilla
Species:	P. canadensis
Binomial name
	Potentilla canadensis;

Potentilla canadensis, the dwarf cinquefoil, is a species of cinquefoil (genus Potentilla) native to North America.^[1]

The Iroquois take a pounded infusion of the roots as an antidiarrheal.^[2] The Natchez give the plant as a drug for those believed to be bewitched.^[3]

References

↑ https://plants.usda.gov/core/profile?symbol=POCA17
↑ Herrick, James William (1977). Iroquois Medical Botany (PhD thesis). Albany: State University of New York. p. 353.
↑ Swanton, John R (1928). "Religious Beliefs and Medical Practices of the Creek Indians". SI-BAE Annual Report. 42: 667.

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[1] ttps://plants.usda.gov/core/profile?symbol=POCA17

[2] Herrick, James William (1977). Iroquois Medical Botany (PhD thesis). Albany: State University of New York. p. 353.

[3] Swanton, John R (1928). "Religious Beliefs and Medical Practices of the Creek Indians". SI-BAE Annual Report. 42: 667.