Silverweed

Potentilla anserina

Plant Data

Order:

Rosales

Family:

Rosaceae (Rose)

Flowering Months:

JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC

Flowers:

Solitary, stalked bright yellow flowers with 5 petals, 2cm across.

Fruit:

Clusters of dry nutlets (achenes).

Leaves:

All of the leaves are basal leaves. They are divided into 5 to 17 sharply-toothed, oval leaflets. The leaves have a silvery sheen on their undersides. The leaves are up to 20cm long.

Maximum Size:

25cm tall.

Foraging Notes:

The roots can be eaten either, raw or cooked. The shoots and leaves can be eaten when young. A tea can be made from the leaves.
Never consume a wild plant unless you are 100% certain that it is safe to eat and you know that you have identified it correctly.

Other Names:

Common Silverweed, Crampweed, Dog's Tansy, Goose Tansy, Goosegrass, Goosewort, Moor Grass, Potentilla, Silver Cinquefoil, Silver Tansy, Silverweed Cinquefoil, Trailing Tansy, Wild Agrimony, Wild Tansy.

Habitats:

Beaches, ditches, farmland, grassland, meadows, riversides, roadsides, saltmarshes, sand dunes, seaside, wasteland, waterside, wetland.