| Family | ROSACEAE |
| Genus species | Potentilla nivea L. |
| Synonyms | Potentilla jezoensis Soják |
| Potentilla macrantha Ledeb. | |
| Potentilla matsuokana Makino | |
| Habitat | grassland and rocks |
| Altitude | arctic-alpine |
| Description | stems white lanate, leaves ternate, long petiolate, leaflets ovate, dentate, adaxially green, abaxially densely white tomentose, flowers 12-18mm, in few flowered raceme |
| Size | 5-25cm |
| Color | yellow |
| Bloom | summer |
| Ca | |
| Type | tuft |
| 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 |
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) |
| Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
| Comments | ROSACEAE
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