| Family | ROSACEAE |
| Genus species | Potentilla elegans Cham. & Schltdl. |
| Habitat | rocks |
| Altitude | 100-1600m |
| Description | leaves petiolate, ternate, leaflets in outline broadly obovate, pinnatipartite, 3-7mm, adaxially glabrous, abaxially sparsely hirsute, flower ssolitary, 5-9mm across |
| Size | 1-5cm |
| Color | yellow |
| Bloom | summer |
| Ca | |
| Type | cushion |
| Cultivation | rock crevices with favourable water regime, eastern slopes alpine house, poor, drained soil, shading in summer |
| Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 18-21°C division in early spring; cuttings in late summer and fall |
| Territory |
Asia-Temperate
Siberia (Altay , Buryatiya , Chita , Irkutsk , Krasnoyarsk , Yakutskiya ) Russian Far East (Amur , Kamchatka , Khabarovsk , Magadan , Primorye ) Mongolia Northern America Subarctic America (Alaska , Northwest Territories , Yukon ) Western Canada (British Columbia) |
| Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
| Comments | ROSACEAE
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