| Family | ROSACEAE |
| Genus species | Potentilla hyparctica Malte |
| Synonyms | Potentilla borissii Ovcz. & Kochk. |
| Potentilla emarginata Pursh | |
| Potentilla groenlandica R.Br. | |
| Habitat | tundra |
| Altitude | 0-4000m |
| Description | leaves ternate, leaflets 5-15mm long, broadly obovate, dentate and sparsely hirsute, flowers 1-3, 10-15mm across |
| Size | 5-10cm |
| Color | yellow |
| Bloom | summer |
| Ca | |
| Type | tuft |
| Cultivation | humous, moist, but in winter drier, semi-shady site alpine house, moist, humous 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 (Svalbard , Sweden ) Eastern Europe (North European Russia ) Asia-Temperate Siberia (Krasnoyarsk , West Siberia , Yakutskiya ) Russian Far East (Kamchatka , Khabarovsk , Magadan ) Middle Asia (Kirgizistan , Tadzhikistan ) Western Asia (Afghanistan ) Asia-Tropical Indian Subcontinent (Pakistan , West Himalaya ) Northern America Subarctic America (Alaska , Greenland , Nunavut , Northwest Territories , Yukon ) Eastern Canada (Québec) |
| Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
| Comments | ROSACEAE
hyparctica elatior (Abrom.) Fernald, Rhodora 45: 111 (1943)
hyparctica nivicola Jurtzev & V.V.Petrovsky, Arkt.. Fl. S.S.S.R., 9(1): 319 (1984)
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