| Family | ROSACEAE |
| Genus species | Potentilla speciosa Willd. |
| Synonyms | Fragariastrum speciosum (Willd.) Kechaykin & Shmakov |
| Potentilla parnassica Quézel & Contandr. | |
| Potentilla poetarum Boiss. & Spruner | |
| Habitat | rocks |
| Description | stems grey or white tomentose, leaves ternate, leaflets obovate, crenate-dentate, abaxially white tomentose, flowers numerous, sepals broadly ovate, petals 1cm long |
| Size | 5-15cm |
| Color | white |
| Bloom | summer |
| Ca | + |
| Type | tuft |
| Cultivation | sunny, dry, rock crevices, protection against winter wet alpine house, poor, drained soil, sun |
| Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 18-21°C division in early spring; cuttings in late summer and fall |
| Territory |
Europe
Southeastern Europe (Albania , Greece , Kriti , Yugoslavia ) Asia-Temperate Western Asia (East Aegean Is. , Iraq , Lebanon-Syria , Turkey) |
| Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
| Comments | ROSACEAE
speciosa illyrica Soják, Preslia 65(2): 127 (1993)
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