Family | ROSACEAE |
Genus species | Potentilla uniflora Ledeb. |
Bibliography | Mém. Acad. Imp. Sci. St.-Pétersbourg Hist. Acad. 5: 543 (1815) |
Native Range | c. & e. Siberia to nw. Alaska |
Primary Biome | Subarctic |
Habitat | tundra |
Description | grey hirsute, leaves abaxially tomentose, ternate, leaflets cuneate-obovate, 1-2cm long, dentate in upper half, cyme 1-3-flowered, petals 4-5mm long |
Size | 5-15cm |
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 ledebouriana A.E.Porsild Potentilla macrantha var. uniflora (Ledeb.) D.Don Potentilla nivea f. uniflora (Ledeb.) Lehm. Potentilla nivea var. uniflora (Ledeb.) Rydb. Potentilla uniflora var. ampla Hultén Potentilla villosa var. uniflora (Ledeb.) Ledeb. |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 30 Siberia (KRA Krasnoyarsk, YAK Yakutskiya) 31 Russian Far East (KAM Kamchatka, MAG Magadan) 7 Northern America 70 Subarctic America (ASK Alaska) |