Family | ROSACEAE |
Genus species | Potentilla curviseta Hook.f. |
Bibliography | Fl. Brit. India 2: 358 (1878) |
Native Range | ne. Pakistan to w. Himalaya |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Altitude | 3000-5000m |
Description | leaves small, crowded, trifoliolate, dentate, bright green, flowers solitary, rotate, ca. 15mm across, petals broad, emarginate |
Size | 5-10cm |
Color | golden yellow |
Bloom | late spring |
Ca | |
Type | perennial |
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 division in early spring; cuttings in late summer and fall |
Synonyms | Fragariastrum curvisetum (Hook.f.) Kacheykin & Shmakov |
Territory | 4 Asia-Tropical 40 Indian Subcontinent (PAK Pakistan, WHM West Himalaya) |