| Family | ROSACEAE |
| Genus species | Potentilla multifida L. |
| Bibliography | Sp. Pl. 1: 496 (1753) |
| Native Range | c. & s. Europe, e. European Russia to Korea |
| Primary Biome | Temperate |
| Habitat | grassland and rocks |
| Altitude | 0-5000m |
| Description | softly hirsute, leaves pinnate, segments 5-9, partite, segments narrow, linear, adaxially green, abaxially greyish silvery, flowers 10-14mm across in lax cluster |
| Size | 10-40cm |
| Color | yellow |
| Bloom | late summer |
| 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 | Fragaria multifida (L.) Crantz Potentilla arctica Rouy Potentilla breviscissa Bertol. Potentilla hololeuca var. tibetica Ostenf. Potentilla hypoleuca Turcz. Potentilla multifida f. angustifolia (Lehm.) Kitag. Potentilla multifida var. angustifolia (Lehm.) Lehm. Potentilla multifida ssp. arctica Rouy & E.G.Camus Potentilla multifida f. cana (Ser.) Kitag. Potentilla multifida var. cana Ser. Potentilla multifida var. davurica Hornem. Potentilla multifida var. elongata Lehm. Potentilla multifida var. geranioides Gaudin Potentilla multifida f. glabrata (Hook.f.) Th.Wolf Potentilla multifida var. glabrata Hook.f. Potentilla multifida var. hypoleuca (Turcz.) Th.Wolf Potentilla multifida var. latiloba Lehm. Potentilla multifida var. major Ledeb. Potentilla multifida var. minor Ledeb. Potentilla multifida var. nubigena Th.Wolf Potentilla multifida var. sericea Liou Potentilla multifida var. subdigitata Krylov Potentilla multifida f. subpalmata (Krylov) Kitag. Potentilla multifida var. subpalmata Krylov Potentilla multifida f. subpinnata Th.Wolf Potentilla multifida var. subsericea Th.Wolf Potentilla multifida f. subsericea (Th.Wolf) Th.Wolf Potentilla multifida f. subternata (Lehm.) Th.Wolf Potentilla multifida var. verticillaris Ledeb. Potentilla multifidiformis Ikonn. Potentilla ornithopoda var. tenella (Turcz.) Hand.-Mazz. Potentilla ornithopodioides Sweet Potentilla subpinnata Ledeb. Potentilla supina var. angustifolia Lehm. Potentilla tenella Turcz. Potentilla thomsonii var. caliginoides Soják Potentilla thomsonii var. tibetica (Ostenf.) Soják |
| Territory | 1 Europe 11 Middle Europe (SWI Switzerland) 12 Southwestern Europe (FRA France) 13 Southeastern Europe (ALB Albania, ITA Italy) 14 Eastern Europe (RUE East European Russia) 3 Asia-Temperate 30 Siberia (ALT Altay, BRY Buryatiya, IRK Irkutsk, KRA Krasnoyarsk, TVA Tuva, WSB West Siberia, YAK Yakutskiya) 31 Russian Far East (AMU Amur, KAM Kamchatka, MAG Magadan, PRM Primorye) 32 Middle Asia (KAZ Kazakhstan, TKM Turkmenistan, TZK Tadzhikistan, UZB Uzbekistan) 34 Western Asia (AFG Afghanistan, IRN Iran) 36 China (CHC China South-Central, CHM Manchuria, CHN China North-Central, CHQ Qinghai, CHT Tibet) 37 Mongolia 38 Eastern Asia (KOR Korea) 4 Asia-Tropical 40 Indian Subcontinent (NEP Nepal, PAK Pakistan, WHM West Himalaya) |