| Family | ROSACEAE |
| Genus species | Potentilla nubigena Greene |
| Bibliography | Erythea 3: 36 (1895) |
| Native Range | California |
| Primary Biome | Temperate |
| Habitat | rocky slopes |
| Altitude | 2700-4000m |
| Description | strigose and villose, glandular, leaves 2-12cm, pinnate, segments crowded, pinnatipartite, lobes 3-6, narrow, cyme compact, petals broadly spathulate, 2-4mm long |
| Size | 3-10cm |
| Color | yellow |
| Bloom | late 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 | Horkelia pygmaea (A.Gray) Rydb. Ivesia gordonii var. pygmaea (A.Gray) S.Watson Ivesia pygmaea A.Gray Potentilla decipiens Greene Potentilla gordonii var. pygmea (A.Gray) Jeps. |
| Territory | 7 Northern America 76 Southwestern U.S.A. (CAL California) |