Family | ROSACEAE |
Genus species | Potentilla pedersenii (Rydb.) Rydb. |
Bibliography | N. Amer. Fl. [N.L.Britton & al., eds.] 22: 332 (1908) |
Native Range | Subarctic America |
Primary Biome | Subarctic |
Habitat | tundra |
Altitude | 0-200m |
Description | stems long white hirsute, basal leaves palmatipinnate, leaflets 3-5, small, broadly obovate, white sericeous, stem leaves smaller, leaflets 3, flowers 1-3, petals obcordate |
Size | 4-20cm |
Color | yellow |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | perennial |
Cultivation | humous, moist, but in winter drier, semi-shady site alpine house, moist, humous soil, shading in summer |
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 rubricaulis var. pedersenii (Rydb.) Kurtto Potentilla x subquinata var. pedersenii Rydb. |
Territory | 7 Northern America 70 Subarctic America (GNL Greenland, NUN Nunavut, NWT Northwest Territories) |