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Potentilla nivea L.  
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FamilyROSACEAE
Genus speciesPotentilla nivea L. 
SynonymsPotentilla jezoensis Soják
 Potentilla macrantha Ledeb.
 Potentilla matsuokana Makino
Habitatgrassland and rocks
Altitudearctic-alpine
Descriptionstems white lanate, leaves ternate, long petiolate, leaflets ovate, dentate, adaxially green, abaxially densely white tomentose, flowers 12-18mm, in few flowered raceme
Size5-25cm
Coloryellow
Bloomsummer
Ca
Typetuft
Cultivationrock crevices with favourable water regime, eastern slopes
alpine house, poor, drained soil, shading in summer
Propagationseed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 18-21°C
division in early spring; cuttings in late summer and fall
Territory Circumpolar
Europe
     Northern Europe (Finland , Norway , Sweden )
     Middle Europe (Austria , Switzerland )
     Southwestern Europe (France )
     Southeastern Europe (Italy )
     Eastern Europe (East European Russia , North European Russia )
Asia-Temperate
     Siberia (Altay , Buryatiya , Chita , Irkutsk , Krasnoyarsk , Tuva , West Siberia , Yakutskiya )
     Russian Far East (Kamchatka , Khabarovsk , Magadan , Primorye , Sakhalin )
     Middle Asia (Kazakhstan , Kirgizistan )
     China (Inner Mongolia , Manchuria , China North-Central , Xinjiang )
     Mongolia
     Eastern Asia (Japan , Korea )
Northern America
     Subarctic America (Alaska , Greenland , Nunavut , Northwest Territories , Yukon )
     Western Canada (Alberta , British Columbia , Manitoba )
     Eastern Canada (Labrador , Newfoundland , Québec )
     Northwestern U.S.A. (Colorado , Washington , Wyoming )
     Southwestern U.S.A. (Arizona , Utah )
     South-Central U.S.A. (New Mexico)
BibliographyPlants of the World online powo.science.kew.org
International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org
Comments

ROSACEAE

Potentilla nivea L., Sp. Pl. 1: 499 (1753)

Synonyms:
Fragaria nivea (L.) Crantz

Potentilla concinna dissecta (S.Watson) B.Boivin
Potentilla dryophylla Pall. ex Ledeb.
Potentilla fragariifolia Less. ex Ledeb.
Potentilla jamesoniana Grev.
Potentilla jezoensis Soják
Potentilla macrantha Ledeb.
Potentilla matsuokana Makino
Potentiila nivea alpina Turcz.
Potentilla nivea arctica Cham. & Schltdl,
Potentilla nivea chionodes Hiitonen
Potentilla nivea dissecta S.Watson
Potentilla nivea fallax A.E.Porsild
Potentilla nivea incisa Turcz.
Potentilla nivea insularis Peschkova
Potentilla nivea major Turcz.
Potentilla nivea niveiformis Jurtzev
Potentilla nivea pentaphylla Turcz.
Potentilla nivea petiolulata Popov
Potentilla nivea quinquefolia Rydb.
Potentilla nivea tomentosa Nilsson-Ehle ex Hultén
Potentilla nivea unifoliolosa (Hultén) B.Boivin
Potentilla quiquefolia (Rydb.) Rydb.
Potentilla saximontana dissecta (S.Watson) Soják
Potentilla uniflora arctica (Cham. & Schltdl.) Hiitonen
Potentilla villosa unifoliolosa Hultén

Circumpolar
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