| Family | ROSACEAE |
| Genus species | Potentilla pulchella R.Br. |
| Synonyms | Potentilla keilhavi Sommerf. |
| Potentilla usticapensis Fernald | |
| Habitat | tundra |
| Altitude | arctic-subarctic |
| Description | silvery grey sericeous-hirsute, leaves pinnate, leaflets obovate, 5-20mm long, divided into few, narrow segments, flowers 1-3, 8-14mm across |
| Size | 2-15cm |
| 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 ) Eastern Europe (North European Russia ) Asia-Temperate Siberia (Krasnoyarsk , Yakutskiya ) Russian Far East (Magadan ) Northern America Subarctic America (Alaska , Greenland , Nunavut , Northwest Territories , Yukon ) Western Canada (Manitoba ) Eastern Canada (Labrador , Newfoundland , Ontario , Québec) |
| Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
| Comments | ROSACEAE
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