Family | ROSACEAE |
Genus species | Potentilla ornithopoda Tausch |
Synonyms | Potentilla baltistana Th.Wolf |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Altitude | subalpine-alpine |
Description | basal leaves shortly petiolate, pinnate, lateral leaflets in pairs, approximate, oblong-obovate, at apex dentate, abaxially densely white tomentose, inflorescence 3-flowered |
Size | 5-8cm |
Color | yellow |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | rosette, 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 |
Asia-Temperate
China (Manchuria , China North-Central , Qinghai , Tibet ) 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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