| Family | ROSACEAE |
| Genus species | Potentilla pulchella R.Br. |
| Bibliography | Voy. Explor. Baffin´s Bay: cxlii (1819) |
| Native Range | Subarctic to c. & e. Canada |
| Primary Biome | Subarctic |
| Habitat | tundra |
| Description | silvery grey sericeous-hirsute, leaves pinnate, leaflets obovate, 5-20mm long, divided into few, narrow segments, flowers 1-3, 8-14mm across |
| Size | 2-15cm |
| Color | yellow |
| Bloom | summer |
| Ca | |
| 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 keilhavi Sommerf. Potentilla nivea var. pulchella (R.Br.) Durand Potentilla pulchella var. elatior Lange Potentilla pulchella f. friesii (Focke) Th.Wolf Potentilla pulchella var. friesii Buchenau & Focke Potentilla pulchella var. gracilicaulis A.E.Porsild Potentilla pulchella ssp. gracilicaulis (A.E.Porsild) Jurtzev Potentilla pulchella var. humilis Lange Potentilla usticapensis Fernald |
| Territory | 0 Circumpolar 1 Europe 10 Northern Europe (SVA Svalbard) 14 Eastern Europe (RUN North European Russia) 3 Asia-Temperate 30 Siberia (KRA Krasnoyarsk, YAK Yakutskiya) 31 Russian Far East (MAG Magadan) 7 Northern America 70 Subarctic America (ASK Alaska, GNL Greenland, NUN Nunavut, NWT Northwest Territories, YUK Yukon) 71 Western Canada (MAN Manitoba) 72 Eastern Canada (LAB Labrador, NFL Newfoundland, ONT Ontario, QUE Québec) |