Silverweed
Argentina anserina (Potentilla anserina)
The undersides of the leaves are silvery with fine hairs, hence the name silverweed. In the bottom photo, the leaf on the left has been turned upside down to display the silver color.
Silverweed tea
Silverweed tea is obtained from the herb's leaves, sometimes also adding the roots. Two teaspoons of leaves are added to half a liter of water.
Silverweed
Characteristics
A hairy creeper found at the edges of footpath on the coastline and other dryish places.
The Silverweed, one of the commonest of the Potentillas, is very abundant in Great Britain and throughout the temperate regions, extending from Lapland to the Azores, and is equally at home in regions as remote as Armenia, China, ...
Pacific Silverweed [English]: Potentilla anserina
Pacific Small-Reedgrass [English]: Calamagrostis nutkaensis
Pacific Sphagnum [English]: Sphagnum pacificum
Pacific Springbeauty [English]: Claytonia lanceolata var. pacifica McNeill ...
The shrubby cinquefoil (P. fruticosa) and the silverweed (P. anserina) are common wildflowers in the West and the Northeast; they are thought to be naturalized from the Old World. These and other species are sometimes cultivated in rock gardens.
Potentilla anserina. Silverweed Cinquefoil. Harrison Lake. Near Harrison, Montana.
Potentilla glandulosa. Sticky Cinquefoil.
Pentaphylloides floribunda (a.k.a. Potentilla fruticosa) Shrubby Cinquefoil. Tobacco Root Mountains. Pony, Montana.
Argentina egedii ssp egedii
PACIFIC SILVERWEED, SILVERWEED
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Aruncus dioicus
GOAT'S BEARD
Native Plant Gallery ...
Rake over and then mow to discourage creeping weeds such as speedwells, white clover, silverweed and sorrels
Apply garden lime to acid soils in the winter.
 See also: May, Buttercup, Medic, Grass, Clove
  
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