| Family | ROSACEAE |
| Genus species | Potentilla chamissonis Hultén |
| Bibliography | Bot. Not. 1945: 140 (1945) |
| Native Range | Subarctic to n. Canada |
| Primary Biome | Subarctic |
| Habitat | tundra |
| Description | basal leaves long petiolate, ternate, leaflets unequal, ovate or oblong, cuneate, 1-3cm, incised-dentate, adaxially dark green, flowers 1-9, 1-2cm across |
| Size | 5-35cm |
| 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 arenosa ssp. chamissonis (Hultén) Elven & D.F.Murray Potentilla chamissonis var. umanakensis Hultén Potentilla hookeriana ssp. chamissonis (Hultén) Hultén Potentilla nivea ssp. chamissonis (Hultén) Hiitonen Potentilla nivea var. lapponica Cham. & Schltdl. Potentilla nivea var. umanakensis (Hultén) Hiitonen Potentilla x prostrata ssp. chamissonis (Hultén) Soják |
| Territory | 1 Europe 10 Northern Europe (FIN Finland, NOR Norway, SVA Svalbard, SWE Sweden) 14 Eastern Europe (RUN North European Russia) 3 Asia-Temperate 30 Siberia (KRA Krasnoyarsk, WSB West Siberia, YAK Yakutskiya) 7 Northern America 70 Subarctic America (GNL Greenland, NUN Nunavut, NWT Northwest Territories) 71 Western Canada (MAN Manitoba) 72 Eastern Canada (QUE Québec) |