Plant Details

Accepted name:: Argentina anserina (L.) Rydb. [Rosaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online
Infraspecies:: 2

Argentina anserina subsp. groenlandica (Tratt.) Á.Löve

Argentina anserina subsp. anserina

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
anserina	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
anserinae herba	Pharmaceutical	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
argentina anserina	Other	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
argentine	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
crampweed	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
dro ma	Other	Materia Med. in Sowa Rigpa (Wangyal et al., 2020)
fan bai ye	Other	Med. Pl. Used by Tibetans in Shangri-La, Yunnan (Liu et al., 2009)
goose-grass	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
goose-tansy	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
goosewort	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
gro ma	Other	Materia Med. in Sowa Rigpa (Wangyal et al., 2020)
gänse-fingerkraut	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
gänsefingerkraut	Other	E-Kommission: Approved Status (1984-1994) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) Tea and Herbal Infusions Europe Pl. Inventory (THIE, 2021)
gåsört	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
herbe d'ansérine	Other	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
jue ma	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
moon grass	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
penma	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
potentilla	Other	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
potentilla anserina	Other	Ethnomedica (RBG, Kew, 2020) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009)
potentillae anserinae herba	Pharmaceutical	E-Kommission: Approved Status (1984-1994)
silver weeds	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
silverweed	Other	Ethnomedica (RBG, Kew, 2020) GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) Tea and Herbal Infusions Europe Pl. Inventory (THIE, 2021) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009)
silverweed cinquefoil	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998)
silvery cinquefoil	Other	U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009)
sliverweed	Other	Ethnomedica (RBG, Kew, 2020)
wild tansy	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
གྲོ་མ།	Other	Materia Med. in Sowa Rigpa (Wangyal et al., 2020)
蕨麻	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
蕨麻草	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
		Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
leaf		Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 11 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Potentilla anserina L. Sp. Pl.: 495 (1753).
Argentina vulgaris Lam. Fl. Franç. 3: 119 (1779), nom. superfl.
Dactylophyllum anserina (L.) Spenn. Fl. Friburg. 3: 1084 (1829).
Dasiphora anserina (L.) Raf. Autik. Bot.: 168 (1840).
Fragaria anserina (L.) Crantz Stirp. Austr. Fasc. 2: 9 (1763).
Potentilla anserina proles argentina (Huds.) Th.Wolf in P.F.A.Ascherson & K.O.R.Graebner, Syn. Mitteleur. Fl. 6(1): 855 (1905).
Potentilla anserina genuina Lehm. Revis. Potentill.: 190 (1856), not validly publ.
Potentilla anserina var. genuina Woerl. Deutsche Bot. Monatsschr. 3: 51 (1885), not validly publ.
Potentilla anserina var. vulgaris Hayne Getreue Darstell. Gew. 4: t. 31 (1816), not validly publ.
Potentilla argentina Huds. Fl. Angl.: 195 (1762), nom. superfl.
Tormentilla anserina (L.) Stokes Bot. Mat. Med. 3: 155 (1812).

This plant is cited in medicinal sources using the following names:

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Argentina anserina (L.) Rydb.	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998) WHODrug Herbal Substances, Suppl. 2023 (WHO-UMC, 2023) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)
Argentina anserina Rydb.	WHODrug Herbal Substances, Suppl. 2022 (WHO-UMC, 2022)
Potentilla anserina	Ethnomedica (RBG, Kew, 2020) Substances in Meds., Australia (TGA, 2007)
Potentilla anserina L.	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Hagers Handbuch (Hänsel et al., 1992-1998) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Materia Med. in Sowa Rigpa (Wangyal et al., 2020) Med. Pl. Used by Tibetans in Shangri-La, Yunnan (Liu et al., 2009) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997) Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015) Tea and Herbal Infusions Europe Pl. Inventory (THIE, 2021) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012) Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Potentilla anserina Linn.	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
Potentilla anserina Linné	E-Kommission: Approved Status (1984-1994)

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