| Family | ROSACEAE |
| Genus species | Potentilla virgata Lehm. |
| Bibliography | Monogr. Potentill.: 75 (1820) |
| Native Range | se. European Russia to Siberia and w. Himalaya |
| Primary Biome | Temperate |
| Habitat | sandy grassland |
| Description | stems pilose, basal leaves 5-merous, petiolate, leaflets pinnatipartite, segments obovate, approximate, obtuse, abaxially white tomentose, flowers few, 10-13mm |
| Size | 10-25cm |
| Color | yellow |
| Bloom | late spring, summer |
| Ca | |
| Type | perennial |
| Cultivation | sunny site with a poor, sandy soil alpine house, sandy 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 | Potentilla dealbata Bunge Potentilla dealbata var. latisecta Th.Wolf Potentilla dealbata var. tenuicaulis Rupr. Potentilla dealbata vat. typica Th.Wolf Potentilla elongata Besser ex Spreng. Potentilla flabelliformis f. tenuior (Lehm.) Th.Wolf Potentilla flabelliformis var. tenuior Lehm. |
| Territory | 1 Europe 14 Eastern Europe (RUE East European Russia) 3 Asia-Temperate 30 Siberia (ALT Altay, TVA Tuva, WSB West Siberia) 32 Middle Asia (KAZ Kazakhstan, KGZ Kirgizistan, TZK Tadzhikistan, UZB Uzbekistan) 36 China (CHN China North-Central, CHQ Qinghai, CHX Xinjiang) 37 Mongolia 4 Asia-Tropical 40 Indian Subcontinent (WHM West Himalaya) |