Tormentil is tends to provide our acid grasslands with little yellow flowers flat on the ground throughout the summer. It has four petals when so many of the Potentillas have five but its small size and characteristic leaves make it fairly easy to identify. The name comes from the Latin tormina (colic) because the roots boiled in milk were used to cure diarrhoea which is a "torture".
Wayside, Llanberis route to Snowdon summit 31st May 2002
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