Cinquefoil (Tavan Khuruu)
Potentilla bifurca
About Cinquefoil (Tavan Khuruu)
Cinquefoil (Tavan Khuruu) (Potentilla bifurca) is a herb used in the Mongolian Traditional Medicine tradition to help with Diarrhea, Wound Healing, Fever, and Inflammation. The aerial parts and leaves are the parts traditionally used, used both internally and topically.
Botanical background
Sibbaldianthe bifurca or Potentilla bifurca (Chinese: 裂委陵菜; pinyin: er lie wei ling cai) is a species of flowering plant in the family Rosaceae which can be found in Russian, Korean, and Mongolian steppes, grasslands and various slopes on an elevation of 400–4,000 metres (1,300–13,100 ft). It is also found on sandy coasts of North and Northeast China. It was described by Carl Linnaeus in 1753 in his book Species Plantarum as Potentilla bifurca.
Source: Wikipedia, via iNaturalist