| Family | ROSACEAE |
| Genus species | Sibbaldianthe bifurca (L.) Kurtto & T.Erikss. |
| Bibliography | Ann. Bot. Fenn. 40: 139 (2003) |
| Native Range | Temp. Asia, e. & c. Himalaya |
| Primary Biome | Temperate |
| Habitat | grassland and rocks |
| Altitude | 400-4800m |
| Description | leaves pinnate, lateral leaflets 3-8pairs, sessile, opposite elliptic or obovate, 5-15mm, appresed pilose, inflorescence corymbose or flowers solitary, 7-10mm across |
| Size | 5-20cm |
| Color | yellow |
| Bloom | spring, 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 spring and summer |
| Synonyms | Fragaria bifurca (L.) Crantz Potentilla bifida Pall. Potentilla bifurca L. Potentilla bifurca var. deserticola Schischk. Potentilla bifurca var. minor Ledeb. Potentilla bifurca var. misera Soják Potentilla bifurca f. monstrosa (Fisch. ex Ser.) Th.Wolf Potentilla bifurca var. monstrosa Fisch. ex Ser. Potnetilla bifurca var. pygmaea Kitag. Potentilla bifurca var. subsericea Ser. Potentilla bifurca var. typica Th.Wolf Potentilla bifurcata L. ex Poir. Schistophyllidium bifurcum (L.) Ikonn. |
| Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 30 Siberia (ALT Altay, CTA Chita, IRK Irkutsk, KRA Krasnoyarsk, TVA Tuva, WSB West Siberia, YAK Yakutskiya) 31 Russian Far East (AMU Amur, KHA Khabarovsk, PRM Primorye) 32 Middle Asia (KAZ Kazakhstan) 33 Caucasus (NCS North Caucasus, TCS Transcaucasus) 34 Western Asia (AFG Afghanistan, IRN Iran, TUR Turkey) 36 China (CHC China South-Central, CHM Manchuria, CHN China North-Central, CHQ Qinghai, CHX Xinjiang) 37 Mongolia 38 Eastern Asia (KOR Korea) 4 Asia-Tropical 40 Indian Subcontinent (EHM East Himalaya, NEP Nepal) |