| Family | ROSACEAE |
| Genus species | Potentilla biflora D.F.K.Schltdl. |
| Bibliography | Mag. Neuesten Entdeck. Gesammten Naturk. Ges. Naturf. Freunde Berlin 7: 297 (1816) |
| Native Range | Siberia to Russian Far East and Himalaya, Subarctic America to w. Canada |
| Primary Biome | Temperate |
| Habitat | rocky slopes |
| Altitude | 0-4800m |
| Description | basal leaves pinnate to quinate, leaflets linear, 8-17mm long, entire, acute, abaxially densely white villose on midrib, flowers solitary, 12-18mm across |
| Size | 5-10cm |
| Color | yellow |
| Bloom | summer |
| Ca | |
| Type | subshrub |
| Cultivation | sunny rock crevices, protection against winter wet alpine house, poor, drained soil, sun |
| Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 18-21°C cuttings in late summer and fall |
| Synonyms | Fragariastrum biflorum (D.F.K.Schltdl.) Kechaykin & Shmakov Potentilla biflora var. bifloriforms Nikitina Potentilla biflora f. humilior Th.Wolf Potentilla biflora var. stenopetala Th.Wolf Potentilla biflora var. typica Th.Wolf Potentilla bifolia Walp. Potentilla fruticosa var. inglisii (Royle) Hook.f. Potentilla inglisii Royle |
| Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 30 Siberia (ALT Altay, BRY Buryatiya, CTA Chita, IRK Irkutsk, KRA Krasnoyarsk, TVA Tuva) 31 Russian Far East (KHA Khabarovsk, MAG Magadan) 32 Middle Asia (KAZ Kazakhstan, KGZ Kirgizistan, TZK Tadzhikistan) 36 China (CHC China South-Central, CHN China North-Central, CHT Tibet) 37 Mongolia 4 Asia-Tropical 40 Indian Subcontinent (NEP Nepal, PAK Pakistan, WHM West Himalaya) 7 Northern America 70 Subarctic America (ASK Alaska, NUN Nunavut, NWT Northwest Territories, YUK Yukon) 71 Western Canada (BRC British Columbia) |