| Family | ROSACEAE |
| Genus species | Potentilla purpurea (Royle) Hook.f. |
| Bibliography | Fl. Brit. India 2: 347 (1878) |
| Native Range | Tibet to Himalaya |
| Primary Biome | Subalpine |
| Habitat | rocky slopes |
| Altitude | 3500-5600m |
| Description | stems procumbent, leaves quinate, leaflets elliptic to obovate, silvery hirsute, to 1cm long, flowers 4-5mm across, in lax cluster |
| Size | 4-10cm |
| Color | purplish red |
| Bloom | summer |
| Ca | - |
| Type | perennial |
| Cultivation | rock crevices with favourable water regime, eastern slopes alpine house, poor, drained 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 | Sibbaldia purpurea Royle |
| Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 36 China (CHT Tibet) 4 Asia-Tropical 40 Indian Subcontinent (EHM East Himalaya, NEP Nepal, WHM West Himalaya) |