Family | ROSACEAE |
Genus species | Potentilla collettiana Aitch. & Hemsl. |
Bibliography | J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 18: 53 (1880) |
Native Range | Afghanistan to w. Himalaya |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | rocks |
Altitude | 3000-3600m |
Description | silvery sericeous, leaves in rosette crowded, petiolate, leaflets 3, sessile, elliptic-oblong, tridentate, flowers 1-3, sepals ovate-oblong, flowers 10-15mm across |
Size | 3-5cm |
Color | golden-yellow |
Bloom | 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 | Fragariastrum collettianum (Aitch. & Hemsl.) Kechaykin & Shmakov Potentilla curviseta var. collettiana (Aitch. & Hemsl.) Soják |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 34 Western Asia (AFG Afghanistan) 4 Asia-Tropical 40 Indian Subcontinent (PAK Pakistan, WHM West Himalaya) |