| Family | ROSACEAE |
| Genus species | Potentilla sikkimensis Prain |
| Bibliography | J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal., Pt. 2, Nat. Hist. 73: 201 (1904) |
| Native Range | sc. China to Nepal and n. Myanmar |
| Primary Biome | Subalpine |
| Habitat | grassland |
| Altitude | 3500-5000m |
| Description | leaves ternate, leaflets elliptic or obovate, incised-serrate, obtuse, sparsely yellow pilose, flowers in pseudoumbel, corolla 5-6mm, petals as long as sepals |
| Size | 5-30cm |
| Color | dark purple, violet |
| Bloom | summer |
| Ca | |
| Type | perennial |
| 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, 16-21°C division in early spring; cuttings in late summer and fall |
| Synonyms | Sibbaldia melinotricha Hand.-Mazz. Sibbaldia sikkimensis (Prain) Chatterjee |
| Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 36 China (CHC China South-Central) 4 Asia-Tropical 40 Indian Subcontinent (ASS Assam, EHM East Himalaya, NEP Nepal) 41 Indo-China (MYA Myanmar) |