| No | 37 |
| Common Name: | Silver Weed |
| Scientific Name: | Potentilla anserina |
| Irish Name: | Briosclán |
| Family: | Rosaceae |
| Habitat: | Wasteland, pastures, roadsides, sand dunes, and damp places such as the margins of ponds |
| Uses: | The leaves were once used as insoles in the shoes of tired walkers to ease their feet. The plant was once used as food for geese, hence its species name ‘anserina’ (anser = goose in Latin). In early times the roots of this plant were cultivated in some of the Scottish islands until potatoes were introduced. |
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