Common names:

• creeping cinquefoil  (Source: Zander ed17) - English
• European fivefinger  (Source: CRC MedHerbs ed2) - English
• kriechendes Fingerkraut  (Source: Zander ed17) - German
• revfingerört  (Source: Kulturvaxtdatabas) - Swedish
• pu fu wei ling cai  (Source: F ChinaEng) - Transcribed Chinese

Economic Importance:

• Medicines: folklore (fide CRC MedHerbs ed2; Herbs Commerce ed2)
• Weed: (fide Weed TabCIBA. 1968)

Distributional Range:

Native

Africa

• NORTHERN AFRICA: Algeria, Libya (n.), Morocco, Tunisia

Asia-Temperate

• ARABIAN PENINSULA: Saudi Arabia
• WESTERN ASIA: Afghanistan, Cyprus, Iran, Iraq (n.), Jordan, Lebanon, Syria, Turkey
• CAUCASUS: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Russian Federation, [Dagestan] Russian Federation-Ciscaucasia [Ciscaucasia]
• MIDDLE ASIA: Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan
• CHINA: China [Gansu, Hebei, Henan, Jiangsu, Nei Monggol, Shaanxi, Shandong, Shanxi, Sichuan, Xinjiang, Yunnan, Zhejiang]

Asia-Tropical

• INDIAN SUBCONTINENT: India (n.w.), Pakistan

Europe

• NORTHERN EUROPE: Denmark, Finland (s.), Ireland, Sweden (s.), United Kingdom
• MIDDLE EUROPE: Austria, Czech Republic, Germany, Hungary, Poland, Slovakia, Switzerland
• EASTERN EUROPE: Belarus, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Moldova, Russian Federation-European part, [European part] Ukraine (incl. Krym)
• SOUTHEASTERN EUROPE: Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Greece (incl. Crete), Italy (incl. Sardinia, Sicily), Macedonia, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia, Slovenia
• SOUTHWESTERN EUROPE: France (incl. Corsica), Portugal, Spain (incl. Baleares)


Naturalized (natzd. elsewhere)

Uncertain

Africa

• MACARONESIA: Portugal [Azores]

References:

1. Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource on www.skud.info). 2012 (Kulturvaxtdatabas)
2. Ali, S. I. & S. M. H. Jafri, eds. Flora of Libya. 1976- (F Libya)
3. CIBA-GEIGY, Basel, Switzerland The CIBA-GEIGY Weed Tables. 1974 (Weed TabCIBA)
4. Davis, P. H., ed. Flora of Turkey and the east Aegean islands. 1965-1988 (F Turk)
5. Duke, J. A. et al. CRC Handbook of medicinal herbs. 2002 (CRC MedHerbs ed2)
6. Erhardt, W. et al. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 17. Auflage. 2002 (Zander ed17)
7. Jahandiez, E. & R. Maire Catalogue des plantes du Maroc. 1931-1941 (L Maroc)
8. Jalas, J. & J. Suominen Atlas florae europaeae. 1972- (Atlas Eur)
9. Komarov, V. L. et al., eds. Flora SSSR. 1934-1964 (F USSR)
10. McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker Herbs of commerce, ed. 2. 2000 (Herbs Commerce ed2)
11. Pottier-Alapetite, G. Flore de la Tunisie: Angiospermes-Dicotyledones. 1979-1981 (F Tunis)
12. Quézel, P. & S. Santa Nouvelle flore de l'Algerie. 1962-1963 (F Alger)
13. Rechinger, K. H., ed. Flora iranica. 1963- (F Iran)
14. Silva, L. et al. Listagem da fauna e flora terrestres dos Açores. Lista des plantas vasculares (Pteridophyta e Spermatophyta). (L Azores)
15. Townsend, C. C. & E. Guest Flora of Iraq. 1966- (F Iraq)
16. Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. Flora of China (English edition). 1994- (F ChinaEng)
17. Zohary, M. & N. Feinbrun-Dothan Flora palaestina. 1966- (F Palest)

Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2024. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN-Taxonomy).
National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. URL: http://germoplasma.iniaf.gob.bo/gringlobal/taxonomydetail.aspx?id=317531. Accessed 2 julio 2024.