| Family | ROSACEAE |
| Genus species | Potentilla pensylvanica L. |
| Synonyms | Potentilla atrovirens Rydb. |
| Potentilla hispida Willd. | |
| Potentilla oreodoxa Soják | |
| Habitat | grassland |
| Altitude | 100-4000m |
| Description | stems grey pubescent, leaves pinnate, leaflets 7-19, oblong or lanceolate, coarsely dentate or pinnatisect, flowers numerous, sepals oblong-lanceolate, petals 8-12mm long |
| Size | 10-50cm |
| Color | yellow |
| Bloom | summer |
| Ca | |
| Type | tuft, fl. stem ascending |
| Cultivation | mesic, slightly humous, sunny site alpine house, moist, rich, 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 |
Circumpolar
Europe Southwestern Europe (Spain ) Southeastern Europe (Italy ) Eastern Europe (East European Russia , North European Russia ) Asia-Temperate Siberia (Altay ) Middle Asia (Kazakhstan , Kirgizistan ) China (Inner Mongolia , Manchuria , Xinjiang ) Mongolia Northern America Subarctic America (Alaska , Northwest Territories , Yukon ) Western Canada (Alberta , British Columbia , Manitoba , Saskatchewan ) Eastern Canada (Ontario , Québec ) Northwestern U.S.A. (Colorado , Idaho , Montana , Wyoming ) North-Central U.S.A. (Iowa , Minnesota , North Dakota , Nebraska , South Dakota ) Southwestern U.S.A. (Arizona , California , Nevada , Utah ) South-Central U.S.A. (New Mexico , Texas) |
| Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
| Comments | ROSACEAE
pensylvanica litoralis (Rydb.) B.Boivin, Phytologia 4: 93 (1952)
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