| Family | ROSACEAE |
| Genus species | Potentilla rubricaulis Lehm. |
| Bibliography | Nov. Stirp. Pug. 2: 11 (1830) |
| Native Range | Subarctic America to nw. USA and Utah |
| Primary Biome | Temperate |
| Habitat | rocky slopes |
| Altitude | 0-4100m |
| Description | glabrous, basal leaves quinate, leaflets 1-5cm long, pinnatisect, segments narrow, abaxially white tomentose, flowers few, petals 6-8mm long |
| Size | 10-25cm |
| Color | yellow |
| Bloom | summer |
| Ca | |
| Type | perennial |
| 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 division in early spring; cuttings in late summer and fall |
| Synonyms | Potentilla concinna var. modesta (Rydb.) S.L.Welsh & B.C.Johnst. Potentilla dissecta var. rubricaulis (Lehm.) Rydb. Potentilla modesta Rydb. Potentilla nivea ssp. rubricaulis (Lehm.) Hiitonen Potentilla paucijuga Rydb. Potentilla pensylvanica var. paucijuga (Rydb.) S.L.Welsh & B.C.Johnst. Potentilla rubricaulis var. arctica Simmons Potentilla rubricaulis var. dasyphylla Ledeb. Potentilla rubricaulis var. paucijuga (Rydb.) Soják Potentilla rubripes var. saximontana (Rydb.) Th.Wolf Potentilla saximontana Rydb. |
| Territory | 7 Northern America 70 Subarctic America (ASK Alaska, NWT Northwest Territories, YUK Yukon) 71 Western Canada (ABT Alberta, BRC British Columbia, SAS Saskatchewan) 73 Northwestern U.S.A. (COL Colorado, IDA Idaho, MNT Montana, WYO Wyoming) 76 Southwestern U.S.A. (UTA Utah) |