| Family | ROSACEAE |
| Genus species | Potentilla pensylvanica L. |
| Bibliography | Mant. Pl. 1: 76 (1767) |
| Native Range | s. & e. Europe to Mongolia, Subarctic America to w. & c. USA |
| Primary Biome | Temperate |
| Habitat | grassland |
| Altitude | 100-4000m |
| Description | stems grey pubescent, leaves pinnate, leaflets 7-19, oblong or lanceolate, coarsely dentate or pinnatisect, flowers numerous, sepals oblong-lanceolate, petals 8-12mm long |
| Size | 10-50cm |
| Color | yellow |
| Bloom | 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 | Pentaphyllum pensylvanicum (L.) Lunell Pentaphyllum platylobum (Rydb.) Lunell Pentaphyllum strigosum (Pall. ex Pursh) Lunell Potentilla absinthifolia Douglas ex Hook. Potentilla agrimonioides ssp. oreodoxa (Soják) Soják Potentilla arachnoidea Douglas ex Steud. Potentilla atrovirens Rydb. Potentilla biebersteiniana Tratt. Potentilla candicans Fisch ex Lehm. Potentilla hispanica var. nivea Andr. Potentilla hispanica ssp. oreodoxa (Soják) Soják Potentilla hispida Willd. Potentilla missourica Hornem. ex Lindl. Potentilla missurica Schrad. Potentilla ontopoda Douglas ex W.H.Baxter Potentilla oreodoxa Soják Potentilla pectinata Fisch. ex Ser. Potentilla pensylvanica f. alpestris Krylov Potentilla pensylvanica var. arabica Deflers Potentilla pensylvanica var. arachnoidea Douglas ex Lehm. Potentilla pensylvanica var. arguta Torr. Potentilla pensylvanica var. atrovirens (Rydb.) Th.Wolf Potentilla pensylvanica var. brevipila Soják Potentilla pensylvanica var. communis Torr. & A.Gray Potentilla pensylvanica var. conferta A.Gray Potentilla pensylvanica var. eupensylvanica Th.Wolf Potentilla pensylvanica var. grandiflora Lehm. Potentilla pensylvanica ssp. hispida (Willd.) Tratt. Potentilla pensylvanica var. missourica (Hornem. ex Lindl.) Lehm. Potentilla pensylvanica var. ontopoda (Douglas ex W.Baxter) Regel Potentilla pensylvanica ssp. oreodoxa (Soják) O.Bolós & Vigo Potentilla pensylvanica var. pectinata (Fisch. ex Ser.) Krylov Potentilla pensylvanica var. pinnatifida Torr. & A.Gray Potentilla pensylvanica f. sanguisorbifolia (Favre ex Zimmeter) Beck Potentilla pensylvanica var. sanguisorbifolia (Favre ex Zimmeter) Th.Wolff Potentilla pensylvanica var. sibirica (Patrin ex Th.Wolf) Saposhn. Potentilla pensylvanica ssp. sibirica (Patrin ex Th.Wolf) Maire Potentilla pensylvanica f. stepposa Krylov Potentilla pensylvanica var. strigosa Pall. ex Pursh Potentilla pensylvanica var. typica Fiori Potentilla pinnatidida Douglas ex Hook. Potentilla pinnatifida var. platyloba Rydb. Potentilla platyloba (Rydb.) Rydb. Potentilla pubescens Moench Potentilla rubricaulis Douglas ex Lehm. Potentilla sanguisorbifolia Favre ex Zimmeter Potentilla sibirica Patrin ex Th.Wolf Potentilla sibirica f. alpestris (Krylov) Th.Wolf Potentilla sibirica var. elata Th.Wolf Potentilla sibirica var. genuina Th.Wolf Potentilla sibirica var. pectinata (Fisch ex Ser.) Th.Wolf Potentilla sibirica f. stepposa (Krylov) Th.Wolf Potentilla sibirica var. strigosa (Pall. ex Pursh) O.Fedtsch. & B.Fedtsch. Potentilla strigosa (Pall. ex Pursh) Pall. ex Tratt. Potentilla strigosa f. alpestris (Krylov) Serg. |
| Territory | 0 Circumpolar 1 Europe 12 Southwestern Europe (SPA Spain) 13 Southeastern Europe (ITA Italy) 14 Eastern Europe (RUE East European Russia, RUN North European Russia) 3 Asia-Temperate 30 Siberia (ALT Altay) 32 Middle Asia (KAZ Kazakhstan, KGZ Kirgizistan) 36 China (CHI Inner Mongolia, CHM Manchuria, CHX Xinjiang) 37 Mongolia 7 Northern America 70 Subarctic America (ASK Alaska, NWT Northwest Territories, YUK Yukon) 71 Western Canada (ABT Alberta, BRC British Columbia, MAN Manitoba, SAS Saskatchewan) 72 Eastern Canada (ONT Ontario, QUE Québec) 73 Northwestern U.S.A. (COL Colorado, IDA Idaho, MNT Montana, WYO Wyoming) 74 North-Central U.S.A. (IOW Iowa, MIN Minnesota, NDA North Dakota, NEB Nebraska, SDA South Dakota) 76 Southwestern U.S.A. (ARI Arizona, CAL California, NEV Nevada, UTA Utah) 77 South-Central U.S.A. (NWM New Mexico, TEX Texas) |