| Family | ROSACEAE |
| Genus species | Potentilla cinerea Chaix ex Vill. |
| Bibliography | Prosp. Hist. Pl. Dauphiné: 46 (1779) |
| Native Range | Switzerland to s. Europe |
| Primary Biome | Temperate |
| Habitat | stony grassland |
| Altitude | 300-1600m |
| Description | densely grey hirsute, trailing shoots often rooting, leaves with 3-5, oblong or lanceolate, dentate, adaxially grey-green segments, flowers 10-16mm across |
| Size | 5-10cm |
| Color | yellow |
| Bloom | summer |
| Ca | ind |
| Type | perennial |
| Cultivation | sunny site with a deep, drained soil alpine house, rich, drained soil, sun |
| Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 18-21°C division in early spring; cuttings in late summer and fall |
| Synonyms | Dasiphora subacaulis (L.) Raf. Dynamidium clementei (Jord.) Fourr. Dynamidium subacaule (L.) Fourr. Dynamidium vivariense (Jord.) Fourr. Fragaria incana Lam. Fragaria subacaulis L. ex Crantz Potentilla acaulis ssp. cinerea (Chaix ex Vill.) Soják Potentilla acaulis ssp. velutina (Wall. ex Lehm.) Soják Potentilla arenaria f. minutula (Beck) Soó Potentilla arenaria f. pusilla (Heuff.) Soó Potentilla arenaria f. ternata (Čelak.) Th.Wolf Potentilla arenaria var. ternata (Čelak.) Soó Potentilla arenaria f. trisecta Scholz Potentilla arenicola H.Roux Potentilla battersbyi Siegr. ex R.Keller Potentilla bescansae Gredilla Potentilla bolzanensis Zimmeter Potentilla bolzanensis var. macrantha F.Saut. Potentilla bolzanensis var. micrantha F.Saut. Potentilla cinerea var. battersbyi (Siegfr. ex R.Keller) Rouy & E.G.Camus Potentilla cinerea var. clementei (Jord.) Nyman Potentilla cinerea f. clementei (Jord.) Beck Potentilla cinerea var. concolor Heuff. Potentilla cinerea var. discolor Heuff. Potentilla cinerea f. epipsila Beck Potentilla cinerea f. genevensis Siegfr. Potentilla cinerea f. minutula Beck Potentilla cinerea var. praetutiana Ten. Potentilla cinerea var. pusilla Heuff. Potentilla cinerea var. rouxiana Rouy & E.G.Camus Potentilla cinerea ssp. subacaulis (L.) Nyman Potentilla cinerea var. ternata Čelak. Potentilla cinerea var. trifoliata Ledeb. Potentilla cinerea var. trisecta (Scholz) Th.Wolf Potentilla cinerea var. typica Beck Potentilla cinerea var. velutina (Wall. ex Lehm.) Lehm. Potentilla cinerea ssp. velutina (Wall. ex Lehm.) Nyman Potentilla cinerea f. vestita (Jord.) Beck Potentilla clementei Jord. Potentilla gaudinii var. polytricha (Jord.) Th.Wolf Potentilla incana (Lam.) Zimmeter Potentilla incana var. arenicola (H.Roux) Burnat Potentilla incana var. cinerea (Chaix ex Vill.) Burnat & Briq. Potentilla opaca Vill. Potentilla opaca var. sericea Lapeyr. Potentilla ovata Poir. Potentilla parvula Schur Potentilla polymorpha var. cinerea (Chaix ex Vill.) Spenn. Potentilla polytricha Jord. ex Verl. Potentilla praetutiana (Ten.) Grande Potentilla subacaulis L. Potentilla subacaulis ssp. albicans (Moggr.) Arcang. Potentilla subacaulis var. albicans Moggr. Potentilla subacaulis var. cinerea (Chaix ex Vill.) Fiori Potentilla subacaulis ssp. cinerea (Chaix ex Vill.) Arcang. Potentilla subacaulis var. clementei (Jord.) Nyman Potentilla subacaulis var. genuina Glehn Potentilla subacaulis var. latiloba Ser. Potentilla subacaulis var. velutina (Wall. ex Lehm.) Fiori Potentilla velutina Wall. ex Lehm. Potentilla verna var. velutina (Wall. ex Lehm.) Gams Potentilla verna var. vivariensis (Jord.) Nyman Potentilla vestita Jord. Potentilla verna ssp. cinerea (Chaix ex Vill.) Gams Potentilla verna var. cinerea (Chaix ex Vill.) Ser. Potentilla vivariensis Jord. Potentilla zapateri Pau Potentilla zapateri var. longidentata Pau |
| Territory | 1 Europe 11 Middle Europe (SWI Switzerland) 12 Southwestern Europe (FRA France, SPA Spain) 13 Southeastern Europe (ALB Albania, BUL Bulgaria, ITA Italy) |