Family | ROSACEAE |
Genus species | Potentilla glaucophylla Lehm. |
Bibliography | Index Seminum (HBG, Hamburgensis) 1836: 6 (1836) |
Native Range | Subarctic America to w. & wc. USA |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | grassland and scree |
Altitude | 100-3500 |
Description | leaves mainly basal, palmatipinnate, leaflets 5-7, oblanceolate to broadly obovate, 1-5cm, dentate to incised, inflorescence lax, many flowered, petals 4-9mm long |
Size | 15-40cm |
Color | yellow |
Bloom | late summer |
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Type | perennial |
Cultivation | mesic, slightly humous, sunny site alpine house, moist, rich, 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 | Potentilla dissecta var. glaucophylla (Lehm.) S.Watson Potentilla x diversifolia ssp. glaucophylla (Lehm.) Kartesz Potentilla x diversifolia var. glaucophylla (Lehm.) Lehm. Potentilla x diversifolia var. madsenii S.L.Welsh & N.D.Atwood Potentilla x diversifolia ssp. ranunculus (Lange) A.E.Porsild Potentilla x diversifolia var. ranunculus (Lange) B.Boivin Potentilla ranunculus Lange |
Territory | 7 Northern America 70 Subarctic America (ASK Alaska, GNL Greenland, NWT Northwest Territories, YUK Yukon) 71 Western Canada (ABT Alberta, BRC British Columbia, SAS Saskatchewan) 72 Eastern Canada (LAB Labrador) 73 Northwestern U.S.A. (COL Colorado, IDA Idaho, MNT Montana, ORE Oregon, WAS Washington, WYO Wyoming) 76 Southwestern U.S.A. (CAL California, NEV Nevada, UTA Utah) |