| Family | ROSACEAE |
| Genus species | Potentilla ovina Macoun |
| Bibliography | Canad. Rec. Sci. 6: 464 (1895) |
| Native Range | w. & c. Canada to wc. USA |
| Primary Biome | Temperate |
| Habitat | grassland and scree |
| Altitude | 1500-3800m |
| Description | sericeous, basal leaves numerous, shortly petiolate, pinnate, leaflets 9-12 pairs, 5-12mm, pinnatipartite, segments linear, cyme 3-7-flowered, petals 5-7mm long |
| Size | 5-25cm |
| Color | yellow |
| Bloom | summer |
| Ca | |
| Type | perennial |
| Cultivation | gravelly, humous, moist, sunny site alpine house, moist, humous, gravelly 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 | Pentaphyllum glabrellum (Rydb.) Lunell Potentilla bipinnatifida var. glabrata (Lehm.) Kohli & Packer Potentilla dissecta var. pinnatisecta (S.Watson) Macoun Potentilla x diversifolia var. pinnatisecta S.Watson Potentilla glabrella Rydb. Potentilla ovina var. pinnatisecta (S.Watson) Kartesz Potentilla pensylvanica var. glabrata (Lehm.) S.Watson Potentilla pensylvanica ssp. glabrella (Rydb.) Th.Wolf Potentilla pinnatisecta (S.Watson) A.Nelson Potentilla plattensis var. pinnatisecta (S.Watson) Th.Wolf Potentilla plattensis f. wyomingensis (A.Nelson) Th.Wolf Potentilla sericea var. glabrata Lehm. Potentilla wyomingensis A.Nelson |
| Territory | 7 Northern America 71 Western Canada (ABT Alberta, BRC British Columbia, MAN Manitoba) 73 Northwestern U.S.A. (COL Colorado, IDA Idaho, ORE Oregon, WYO Wyoming) 76 Southwestern U.S.A. (NEV Nevada, UTA Utah) |