| Family | ROSACEAE |
| Genus species | Potentilla argentea L. |
| Synonyms | Potentilla cana Jord. |
| Potentilla demissa Jord. | |
| Potentilla macrotoma Borbás | |
| Habitat | grassland and thickets |
| Description | leaves palmatipinnate, segments cuneate-obovate, dentate, 1-3cm long, adaxially dark green, abaxially densely white lanate, flowers 9-12mm across, in lax panicle |
| Size | 5-10cm |
| Color | yellow |
| Bloom | summer |
| Ca | |
| Type | tuft, fl. stem decumbent |
| Cultivation | mesic, slightly humous, semi-shady site alpine house, moist, rich, drained soil, semi-shade |
| Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 18-21°C division in early spring; cuttings in late summer and fall |
| Territory |
Europe
Northern Europe (Denmark , Finland , Great Britain , Norway , Sweden ) Middle Europe (Austria , Belgium , Czechoslovakia , Germany , Hungary , Netherlands , Poland , Switzerland ) Southwestern Europe (Corse , France , Spain ) Southeastern Europe (Albania , Bulgaria , Greece , Italy , Kriti , Romania , Sicilia , Turkey-in-Europe , Yugoslavia ) Eastern Europe (Belarus , Baltic States , Krym , Central European Russia , East European Russia , North European Russia , South European Russia , Northwest European Russia , Ukraine ) Asia-Temperate Siberia (Altay , Buryatiya , Irkutsk , Krasnoyarsk , West Siberia ) Russian Far East (Amur , Kamchatka , Khabarovsk , Magadan , Primorye , Sakhalin ) Middle Asia (Kazakhstan ) Caucasus (North Caucasus , Transcaucasus ) Western Asia (Afghanistan , Iran , Turkey ) China (Xinjiang ) Asia-Tropical Indian Subcontinent (Pakistan , West Himalaya) |
| Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
| Comments | ROSACEAE
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