noun
definition
A low-growing herb (Potentilla erecta, syn. Potentilla tormentilla).
Examples of tormentil in a Sentence
These include heath bedstraw, lesser stitchwort, yellow bartsia, tormentil cross-leaved heath and spotted orchids.
Foxglove and tormentil in flower, with lady fern, hard fern and wood horsetail making a good display in the damper areas.
Occasional splashes of color come from tormentil, heath milkwort, devil's matchsticks or silver-studded blue butterfly.
The top fields are well drained and have a typical acid grassland community including species such as tormentil, heath bedstraw and heath speedwell.
Yellow flowered tormentil can be found in the drier areas.