Family | ROSACEAE |
Genus species | Potentilla meyeri Boiss. |
Bibliography | Diagn. Pl. Orient. 3: 7 (1843) |
Native Range | Iran to Turkey |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Altitude | 1300-2900m |
Description | densely white tomentose, leaves palmatipinnate, leaflets 5 or 7, broadly cuneate, obovate, dentate, flowers 2-5 in cyme, sepals ovate-lanceolate, petals 5-6mm long |
Size | 15-30cm |
Color | yellow |
Bloom | late spring |
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 fenzlii Lehm. Potentilla meyeri var. fenzlii (Lehm.) Boiss. Potentilla meyeri var. typica Th.Wolf Potentilla thomasii C.A.Mey. |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 33 Caucasus (TCS Transcaucasus) 34 Western Asia (IRN Iran, TUR Turkey) |