Despite its wide distribution, little documentation exists to confirm that butterflies use the woody shrub Potentilla fruticosa (Linnaeus) (Rosaceae) as a nectar plant. During the summer of 2004, we observed 36 individual butterflies belonging to 10 species nectaring on P. fruticosa in the Jemez Mountains, New Mexico. Butterflies spent 56% of total observed nectaring time on P. fruticosa, where...

Potentilla erecta (PE) is a small herbaceous plant with four yellow petals belonging to the Rosaceae family. The rhizome of PE has traditionally been used as an antidiarrheal, hemostatic and antihemorrhoidal remedy. PE contains up to 20% tannins and 5% ellagitannins, mainly agrimoniin. Agrimoniin is a hydrolyzable tannin that is a potent radical scavenger. In this study we tested the anti-infla...

Plant communities of two peat-shrub species – Spiraea salicifolia and Potentilla fruticosa were studied in the Rhodope Mts., with emphasis on their use as a resource for mammals associated them. These shrubs are boreal relicts among dominant coniferous forests. The field surveys conducted spring-autumn period 2021–2022. In both study areas, composition was by camera traps medium large mammals, ...

Department of Botany and Molecular Evolution, Senckenberg Research Institute, Senckenberganlage 25, D-60325 Frankfurt/Main, Germany, email: juraj.paule@ senckenberg.de; National Centre for Biosystematics, Natural History Museum, University of Oslo, Blindern 1172, NO-0318, Oslo, Norway; Department of Botany, Faculty of Science, Charles University in Prague, Benátská 2, CZ-128 01 Prague, Czech Re...