Potentilla reptans, known as the creeping cinquefoil,European cinquefoil or creeping tormentil in my

Potentilla reptans, known as the creeping cinquefoil,European cinquefoilorcreeping tormentil in my garden June 2018.

Apparently, “Alcoholic extracts from roots of Potentilla reptans showed a moderate antimicrobial activity against common wound pathogens”, according to, Watkins F, Pendry B, Sanchez-Medina A, Corcoran O (November 2012). “Antimicrobial assays of three native British plants used in Anglo-Saxon medicine for wound healing formulations in 10th century England”