| Potentilla alpestris, Hall. f. Caudex densely clothed with stipules; runners almost wanting: sts. slender, arcuate- ascending, rarely strict, few-lvd., 2-8 in. long, somewhat exceeding the basal lvs., laxly dichotomous-ramose at top, pilose above, rarely glandular: basal lvs. short- petioled, appendages 5-foliolate, rarely 3- or 7-foliolate; lfts. mostly sessile, obovate, crenate-dentate or deeply incised-serrate with 2-5 pairs of obtuse teeth, strigose or glabrous above, pilose or villous on the veins beneath, green both sides: fls. long-pedicelled, 1/2 - 1 in. broad; petals broadly obovate, emarginate, more or less exceeding the sepals, golden yellow, rarely paler, often with an orange spot at the base; carpels glabrous, rugulose or smoothish; style subterminal, clavate. June - Sept. Arctic and Alpine Amer., Eu., and Asia. A close relative of P. verna but not forming such extended mate. Extremely variable.
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