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Potentilla tetrandra (Bunge) Hook.f.  
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FamilyROSACEAE
Genus speciesPotentilla tetrandra (Bunge) Hook.f. 
BibliographyFl. Brit. India 2: 346 (1878)
Native RangeSiberia to Central Asia and Himalaya
Primary BiomeTemperate
Habitatrocky slopes
Altitude2000-6000m
Descriptionsericeous-hirsute, leaves dense, ternate, petiolate, leaflets obovate-cuneate, 4-6mm long, flowers sessile amongst leaves, ca. 5mm across
Size5-10cm
Colorstraw yellow
Bloomsummer
Ca
Typeperennial
Cultivationsunny rock crevices, protection against winter wet
alpine house, poor, drained soil, sun
Propagationseed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 18-21°C
division in early spring; cuttings in late summer and fall
SynonymsChionice dioica Bunge ex Ledeb.
Dryadanthe altaica Bunge ex Lipsky
Dryadanthe bungeana Ledeb.
Dryadanthe pusilla Walp.
Dryadanthe tetrandra (Bunge) Juz.
Sibbaldia procumbens var. tibetica Hook.f. & Thomson
Sibbaldia tetrandra Bunge
Territory3 Asia-Temperate
     30 Siberia (ALT Altay, BRY Buryatiya, TVA Tuva)
     32 Middle Asia (KAZ Kazakhstan, KGZ Kirgizistan, TZK Tadzhikistan, UZB Uzbekistan)
     36 China (CHQ Qinghai, CHX Xinjiang)
     37 Mongolia
4 Asia-Tropical
     40 Indian Subcontinent (EHM East Himalaya, NEP Nepal, WHM West Himalaya)
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