| Family | ROSACEAE |
| Genus species | Potentilla argentea L. |
| Bibliography | Sp. Pl. 1: 497 (1753) |
| Native Range | Europe to Russian Far East and w. Himalaya |
| Primary Biome | Temperate |
| Habitat | grassland and thickets |
| Description | leaves palmatipinnate, segments cuneate-obovate, dentate, 1-3cm long, adaxially dark green, abaxially densely white lanate, flowers 9-12mm across, in lax panicle |
| Size | 10-30cm |
| Color | yellow |
| Bloom | summer |
| Ca | |
| Type | perennial |
| Cultivation | mesic, slightly humous, semi-shady site alpine house, moist, rich, drained soil, semi-shade |
| Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 18-21°C division in early spring; cuttings in late summer and fall |
| Synonyms | Fragaria argentea (L.) Crantz Hypargyrium argentatum (Jord. ex Verlot) Fourr. Hypargyrium argenteum (L.) Fourr. Hypargyrium canum (Jord.) Fourr. Hypargyrium confine (Jord.) Fourr. Hypargyrium decumbens (Jord.) Fourr. Hypargyrium demissum (Jord.) Fourr. Hypergyrium tenuilobum (Jord.) Fourr. Pentaphyllum argenteum (L.) Nieuwl. Potentilla alpigava Jord. ex Verl. Potentilla argentata Jord. ex Verl. Potentilla argentea var. alpigava (Jord. ex Verl.) Nyman Potentilla argentea var. altissima Borbás ex Zimmeter Potentilla argentea var. angustisecta F.Saut. Potentilla argentea f. angustisecta (F.Saut.) Th.Wolf Potentilla argentea ssp. argentata (Jord. ex Verl.) O.Schwarz Potentilla argentea var. argentata (Jord. ex. Verl.) Nyman Potentilla argentea f. cinerascens Th.Wolf Potentilla argentea var. confinis (Jord.) Rouy & E.G.Camus Potentilla argentea f. csapodyae Borhidi & Isépy Potentilla argentea ssp. decumbens (Jord.) Jáv. Potentilla argentea var. decumbens (Jord.) Focke Potentilla argentea ssp. demissa (Jord.) Berher Potentilla argentea var. demissa (Jord.) Lehm. Potentilla argentea var. dentata Wallr. Potentilla argentea var. diffusa Wallr. Potentilla argentea var. discolor Tratt. Potentilla argentea var. genuina Trautv. Potentilla argentea f. glaucescens Döll Potentilla argentea ssp. grandiceps (Zimmeter) Jáv. Potentilla argentea var. grandiceps (Zimmeter) Th.Wolf Potentilla argentea var. impolita Pax ex Zimmeter Potentilla argentea var. incana F.W.Schulz Potentilla argentea var. laciniata Wimm. & Grab. Potentilla argentea var. latisecta F.Saut Potentilla argentea ssp. latisecta (F.Saut.) Jáv. Potentilla argentea f. latisecta (F.Saut.) Th.Wolf Potentilla argentea var. macrotoma (Borbás) Th.Wolf Potentilla argentea ssp. macrotoma (Borbás) Soó Potentilla argentea f. magyarica Soó Potentilla argentea var. major Rouy & E.G.Camus Potentilla argentea var. minuta Ser. Potentilla argentea var. multifida Beck Potentilla argentea f. multifida Tratt. Potentilla argentea f. parviflora Waisb. Potentilla argentea var. perincisa Borbás ex Zimmeter Potentilla argentea var. planifolia Döll Potentilla argentea var. pseudoargentea (Blocki ex Zimmeter) Borbás Potentilla argentea f. pusilla Vocke ex Zimmeter Potentilla argentea var. septenata Lehm. Potentilla argentea f. septenata (Lehm.) Th.Wolf Potentilla argentea var. serrata Wimm. & Grab. Potentilla argentea f. serrata Peterm. Potentilla argentea var. tenuiloba (Jord.) A.F.Schwarz Potentilla argentea f. tenuiloba (Jord.) Gusul. Potentilla argentea ssp. tenuiloba (Jord.) Berher Potentilla argentea var. tometosa Döll Potentilla argentea var. typica Beck Potentilla argentea var. villosa Wender. Potentilla argentea f. viridescens Th.Wolf Potentilla argentea var. vulgaris Rouy & E.G.Camus Potentilla argyrops Raf. Potentilla baenitzii Borbás Potentilla baenitzii var. subvirescens Borbás ex Baen. Potentilla x besseana Siegfr. Potentilla cana Jord. ex Boreau Potentilla candicans Willd. ex D.F.K.Schltdl. Potentilla canescens var. cana (Jord. ex Boreau) Schinz & R.Keller Potentilla canescens ssp. cana (Jord. ex Boreau) Th.Wolf Potentilla cinerea Raf. ex Ser. Potentilla confinis Jord. Potentilla decumbens Jord. Potentilla demissa Jord. Potentilla franconica Poeverl. Potentilla geranioides Schleich. Potentilla grandiceps Zimmeter Potentilla impolita f. borbasiana Soó Potentilla incanescens f. subincanescens F.Saut. Potentilla macrotoma Borbás Potentilla magyarica Borbás ex Heinr.Braun Potentilla minuta (Ser.) Zimmeter Potentilla perincisa (Borbás ex Zimmeter) Zimmeter Potentilla pseudoargentea Blocki ex Zimmeter Potentilla sauteri Zimmeter Potentilla septemsecta (G.Mey.) Zimmeter Potentilla supralata Borbás ex Blocki Potentilla tenuiloba Jord. Potentilla tomentosa Gilib. Potentilla ucranica Lodd. Potentilla varia K.F.Schimp. & Spenn. Potentilla varia var. argentea (L.) Spenn. Potentilla varia var. cuneifolia Griess. Potentilla varia var. filiformis Wender. Potentilla varia var. genuina Wender. Potentilla varia var. hirsuta Wender. Potentilla varia var. laciniata Spenn. Potentilla varia var. suberecta Wender. Potentilla varia var. subtomentosa Wender. Potentilla varia var. villosa Wender. Potentilla wislicenii Landauer ex Poeverl. |
| Territory | 1 Europe 10 Northern Europe (DEN Denmark, FIN Finland, GRB Great Britain, NOR Norway, SWE Sweden) 11 Middle Europe (AUT Austria, BGM Belgium, CZE Czechoslovakia, GER Germany, HUN Hungary, NET Netherlands, POL Poland, SWI Switzerland) 12 Southwestern Europe (COR Corse, FRA France, SPA Spain) 13 Southeastern Europe (ALB Albania, BUL Bulgaria, GRC Greece, ITA Italy, KRI Kriti, ROM Romania, SIC Sicilia, TUE Turkey-in-Europe, YUG Yugoslavia) 14 Eastern Europe (BLR Belarus, BLT Baltic States, KRY Krym, RUC Central European Russia, RUE East European Russia, RUN North European Russia, RUS South European Russia, RUW Northwest European Russia, UKR Ukraine) 3 Asia-Temperate 30 Siberia (ALT Altay, BRY Buryatiya, IRK Irkutsk, KRA Krasnoyarsk, WSB West Siberia) 31 Russian Far East (AMU Amur, KAM Kamchatka, KHA Khabarovsk, MAG Magadan, PRM Primorye, SAK Sakhalin) 32 Middle Asia (KAZ Kazakhstan) 33 Caucasus (NCS North Caucasus, TCS Transcaucasus) 34 Western Asia (AFG Afghanistan, IRN Iran, TUR Turkey) 36 China (CHX Xinjiang) 4 Asia-Tropical 40 Indian Subcontinent (PAK Pakistan, WHM West Himalaya) |