• Family : Rosaceae
  (ROSE FAMILY)
• Family (as per The APG System III) : Rosaceae
• Synonym(s) : Fragaria sericea (L.) Crantz
• Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Potentilla sericea L.
• Common name : Cinquefoil
• Habit : Herb
• Habitat : Stony slopes
• Comments / notes : White, densely silky, tomontose herb. Flowers yellow
• Native : East Europe to Siberia and Pakistan.
• World Distribution : Afghanistan, Altay, Buryatiya, Central European Rus, China North-Central, Chita, East European Russia, Inner Mongolia, Irkutsk, Kazakhstan, Kirgizstan, Krasnoyarsk, Manchuria, Mongolia, North Caucasus, Pakistan, Qinghai, Tibet, Tuva, West Siberia, Xinjiang
• Literature : Oleg P & Adam S (1984). Flowers of Himalaya. Oxford University Press: 126; Chowdhery, H. J. & Wadhwa, B. H (1984). Flora of Himachal Pradesh Vol. 1. Published BSI:247
• Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Navendu Page, Deepak Kumar (2020). Pan India Bouquets. http://flora-peninsula-indica.ces.iisc.ac.in/pan/plants.php?name=Potentilla sericea. Downloaded on 29 November 2020.

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