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Potentilla multifida L.  
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FamilyROSACEAE
Genus speciesPotentilla multifida L. 
SynonymsPotentilla arctica Rouy
 Potentilla multidiformis Ikonn.
 Potentilla tenella Turcz.
Habitatgrassland and rocks
Altitude0-5000m
Descriptionsoftly hirsute, leaves pinnate, segments 5-9, partite, segments narrow, linear, adaxially green, abaxially greyish silvery, flowers 10-14mm across in lax cluster
Size10-40cm
Coloryellow
Bloomlate summer
Ca-
Typetuft, fl. stem ascending
Cultivationrock crevices with favourable water regime, eastern slopes
alpine house, poor, drained soil, shading in summer
Propagationseed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 18-21°C
division in early spring; cuttings in late summer and fall
Territory Europe
     Middle Europe (Switzerland )
     Southwestern Europe (France )
     Southeastern Europe (Albania , Italy )
     Eastern Europe (East European Russia )
Asia-Temperate
     Siberia (Altay , Buryatiya , Irkutsk , Krasnoyarsk , Tuva , West Siberia , Yakutskiya )
     Russian Far East (Amur , Kamchatka , Magadan , Primorye )
     Middle Asia (Kazakhstan , Turkmenistan , Tadzhikistan , Uzbekistan )
     Western Asia (Afghanistan , Iran )
     China (China South-Central , Manchuria , China North-Central , Qinghai , Tibet )
     Mongolia
     Eastern Asia (Korea )
Asia-Tropical
     Indian Subcontinent (Nepal , Pakistan , West Himalaya)
BibliographyPlants of the World online powo.science.kew.org
International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org
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ROSACEAE

Potentilla multifida L., Sp. Pl. 1: 496 (1753)

Synonyms:
Fragaria multifida (L.) Crantz

Potentilla arctica Rouy
Potentilla breviscissa Bertol.
Potentilla hypoleuca Turcz.
Potentilla multifida angustifolia (Lehm.) Kitag.
Potentilla multifida cana (Ser.) Kitag.
Potentilla multidiformis Ikonn.
Potentilla ornithopodioides Sweet
Potentilla subpinnata Ledeb.
Potentilla tenella Turcz.
Potentilla thomsonii caliginoides Soják
Potentilla thomsonii tibetica (Ostenf.) Soják

Europe, Asia-Temperate, Nepal, Pakistan, w. Himalaya
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0-5000m

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