Tormentil

Name: Tormentil

Other Names: Potentilla Tormentilla, biscuits, shepherd's knapperty, English sarsaparilla, red root, shepherd's knot, thormantle, Septifoil

Description: Tormentil is a herbaceous perennial belonging to the rose family Rosaceae and is also known as septifoil. It is a low plant with slender upright stalks, growing 10-30 cm. tall and with non-rooting runners. It grows wild all over Asia and northern Europe, mostly in a wide variety of habitats, such as clearings, meadows, sandy soils and dunes. The roots of the plant is used to stop bleeding. It is also used as an antiseptic and for treating dental ailments.

Tormentil is sometimes called biscuits, shepherd's knapperty, English sarsaparilla (because it has herbal tonic properties) red root or bloodroot because of the dye the root produces, septfoil, shepherd's knot, or thormantle but usually tormentil.
The binomial name of Tormentil is Potentilla Tormentilla.