Family | ROSACEAE |
Genus species | Potentilla brachypetala Fisch. & C.A.Mey ex Lehm. |
Bibliography | Index Seminum (HBG, Hamburgensis) 1849: 9 (1849) |
Native Range | Caucasus |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | grassland and rocks |
Altitude | 1800-2500m |
Description | leaves quinate, leaflets broadly obovate, abaxially greenish yellow, with 7-9, subtriangular teeth, petals smaller than calyx |
Size | 10-20cm |
Color | white |
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 | Fragariastrum brachypetalum (Fisch. & C.A.Mey. ex Lehm.) Kechaykin & Shmakov |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 33 Caucasus (NCS North Caucasus, TCS Transcaucasus) |