| Family | ROSACEAE |
| Genus species | Potentilla hyparctica Malte |
| Bibliography | Rhodora 36: 177 (1934) |
| Native Range | Subarctic, Afghanistan to Central Asia and w. Himalaya |
| Primary Biome | Subalpine or Subarctic |
| Habitat | tundra |
| Altitude | 0-4000m |
| Description | leaves ternate, leaflets 5-15mm long, broadly obovate, dentate and sparsely hirsute, flowers 1-3, 10-15mm across |
| Size | 5-10cm |
| Color | yellow |
| Bloom | summer |
| Ca | |
| Type | perennial |
| Cultivation | humous, moist, but in winter drier, semi-shady site alpine house, moist, humous soil, shading in summer |
| Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 18-21°C division in early spring; cuttings in late summer and fall |
| Synonyms | Potentilla borissii Ovcz. & Kochk. Potentilla emarginata Pursh Potentilla emarginata f. integriloba Hultén Potentilla emarginata ssp. nana (Th.Wolf) Hultén Potentilla emarginata f. tardinix Polunin Potentilla emarginata var. typica Abrom. Potentilla flabellifolia var. emarginata (Pursh) B.Boivin Potentilla flabellifolia ssp. boreojacutica Jurtzev Potentilla flabellifolia var. emarginata B.Boivin Potentilla fragiformis f. nana Th.Wolf Potentilla gelida var. adusta Rupr. Potentilla gelida ssp. boreojacutica Jurtzev Potentilla gelida ssp. borissii (Ovcz. & Kochk.) Soják Potentilla gelida ssp. elongata Ovcz. & Kochk. Potentilla gelida f. glabrior (C.A.Mey.) Th.Wolf Potentilla gelida var. glabrior C.A.Mey. Potentilla gelida var. hyparctica (Malte) Kozhevn. Potentilla gelida ssp. hyparctica (Malte) Kozhevn. Potentilla gelida var. major Turcz. Potentilla gelida var. minor Turcz. Potentilla gelida var. pilosior C.A.Mey. Potentilla gelida var. subnivosa Krasnob. Potentilla groenlandica R.Br. Potentilla hyparctica ssp. nana (Th.Wolf) Hultén Potentilla hyparctica f. tardinix (Polunin) Savile & Calder Potentilla nana Willd. ex D.F.K.Schltdl. Potentilla robbinsiana ssp. hyparctica (Malte) D.Löve |
| Territory | 0 Circumpolar 1 Europe 10 Northern Europe (SVA Svalbard, SWE Sweden) 14 Eastern Europe (RUN North European Russia) 3 Asia-Temperate 30 Siberia (KRA Krasnoyarsk, WSB West Siberia, YAK Yakutskiya) 31 Russian Far East (KAM Kamchatka, KHA Khabarovsk, MAG Magadan) 32 Middle Asia (KGZ Kirgizistan, TZK Tadzhikistan, UZB Uzbekistan) 34 Western Asia (AFG Afghanistan) 4 Asia-Tropical 40 Indian Subcontinent (PAK Pakistan, WHM West Himalaya) 7 Northern America 70 Subarctic America (ASK Alaska, GNL Greenland, NUN Nunavut, NWT Northwest Territories, YUK Yukon) 71 Western Canada (ABT Alberta, BRC British Columbia) 72 Eastern Canada (LAB Labrador, QUE Québec) 73 Northwestern U.S.A. (MNT Montana, WAS Washington, WYO Wyoming) |