Potentilla bifurca
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Description
A herb. It grows 5-20 cm tall. It has partly underground stems. The leaves are 3-8 cm long. There are 3-8 pairs of leaflets. These are opposite and 1-2 cm long by 4-8 mm wide and they do not have stalks.
Edible Uses
The leaves are eaten.
Distribution
It is a temperate plant. In China it grows on sandy coasts, desert grasslands and sparse forests between 400-4,000 m above sea level. It grows in Inner Mongolia in China. In Sichuan.
Where It Grows
Asia, China, Korea, Mongolia, Tibet,
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