Family | ROSACEAE |
Genus species | Potentilla vahliana Lehm. |
Bibliography | Monogr. Potentill.: 172 (1820) |
Native Range | n. Russian Far East, Subarctic America to ne. Canada |
Primary Biome | Subarctic |
Habitat | tundra |
Altitude | 0-700m |
Description | leaves crowded, shortly petiolate, ternate, adaxially sericeous, abaxially densely yellowish lanate, leaflets cuneate, at apex coarsely dentate, flowers 15-20mm |
Size | 3-5cm |
Color | orange yellow |
Bloom | summer |
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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 nivea var. vahliana (Lehm.) Seemen Potentilla uniflora ssp. vahliana (Lehm.) Hiitonen |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 31 Russian Far East (MAG Magadan) 7 Northern America 70 Subarctic America (GNL Greenland, NUN Nunavut) 72 Eastern Canada (QUE Québec) |