| Family | ROSACEAE |
| Genus species | Potentilla sericea L. |
| Bibliography | Sp. Pl. 1: 495 (1753) |
| Native Range | e. Europe to Siberia and w. Himalaya |
| Primary Biome | Temperate |
| Habitat | grassland |
| Altitude | 600-5200m |
| Description | leaves pinnate, leaflets 3-6 pairs, sessile, oblong, pinnatisect, ultimate segments linear, appressed sericeous hirsute, flowers 8-22mm across, in lax cyme |
| Size | 5-20cm |
| Color | yellow |
| Bloom | spring, summer |
| Ca | |
| Type | perennial |
| Cultivation | mesic, slightly humous, sunny site alpine house, moist, 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 | Fragaria sericea (L.) Crantz Potentilla alexeenkoi Lipsky Potentilla dasyphylla Bunge Potentilla holosericea Nutt. Potentilla kasachstanica Kamelin Potentilla sericea f. akbaitalensis O.Fedtsch. ex Th.Wolf Potentilla sericea f. alpina Th.Wolf Potentilla sericea var. dasyphylla (Bunge) Ledeb. Potentilla sericea var. genuina Trautv. Potentilla sericea var. tshifuensis T.Ito |
| Territory | 1 Europe 14 Eastern Europe (RUC Central European Russia, RUE East European Russia) 3 Asia-Temperate 30 Siberia (ALT Altay, BRY Buryatiya, CTA Chita, IRK Irkutsk, KRA Krasnoyarsk, TVA Tuva, WSB West Siberia) 32 Middle Asia (KAZ Kazakhstan, KGZ Kirgizistan, TZK Tadzhikistan) 33 Caucasus (NCS North Caucasus) 34 Western Asia (AFG Afghanistan, IRN Iran, TUR Turkey) 36 China (CHI Inner Mongolia, CHM Manchuria, CHN China North-Central, CHQ Qinghai, CHT Tibet, CHX Xinjiang) 37 Mongolia 4 Asia-Tropical 40 Indian Subcontinent (PAK Pakistan, WHM West Himalaya) |