Published In:
Species Plantarum 1: 496. 1753. (1 May 1753) ( Sp. Pl.)   
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(Last Modified On 6/2/2011)
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Acceptance
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Accepted
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(Last Modified On 6/3/2011)
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Contributor Text:
Muqarrab Shah
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Contributor Institution:
Department of Microbiology, Hazara University, Mansehra, Pakistan
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Flower/Fruit:
Fl. Per.: June-August
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Type:
Lectotype: ‘Habitat in Sibiria, Tataria, Cappadocia.’ RCN: 3776. Herb. Linn. No. 655.6 (LINN). Jarvis, l. c. 767. 2007.
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Distribution:
A-7 Chitral, between shabroz and shokorshal c 3000 m, P. Wendelbo 39 (BM), A-8 Gilgit, in immediate neighourhood of Nagar Town, W. M. Conway 50 (K), Khunjerab top c 5000 m. prostrate herb, on wet grassy ground, Muqarrab Shah & Jamshed 183 (ABD), B-8 Kashmir, Ladakh, 10-11000 ft., Thomson s. n. (BM), Kargia-Zaskar Ca.13000 ft, W. Koelz 5484 (B), Pensi La 4350 m, Raeu 2860 (G), Baltistan, Deosai c 13,000 ft, C.B. Clarke 29820 (BM), above Rattu, Astor, in swamps, R.R. Stewart 22794 (K). Distribution: Central Asia, Siberia, China (Kashgar & Keriya Mountains to Burhan Badaishan, Altin Tag and Nanshan), Pakistan, Kashmir, India (Himachal Pradesh), rare in Elburz, Caucasus, the S.W. Alps and Scandinavia.
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Comment/Acknowledgements:
Common in open meadows in wet places and banks of water channels in the northern areas of Pakistan and Kashmir, where rainfall is scanty. Found between 3 to 5000m. Potentilla multifida is closely related to Potentilla ornithopoda Tausch. in its 2 to 3 pinnate leaves, deeply dissected leaflets and eglandulose sepals but differs in h aving leaflets with 2 to 4 pairs of segments which are 0.9 to 1.8cm long, oblong_linear, obutse and very slender. Potentilla ornithopoda Tausch. has 5 to 10 pairs of segments in a leaflet, which are 5 to 7mm long, oblong_ovate, acute and coriaceous.
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Map Location:
A-7 Chitral, between shabroz and shokorshal c 3000 m, P. Wendelbo 39 (BM), A-8 Gilgit, in immediate neighourhood of Nagar Town, W. M. Conway 50 (K), Khunjerab top c 5000 m. prostrate herb, on wet grassy ground, Muqarrab Shah & Jamshed 183 (ABD), B-8 Kashmir, Ladakh, 10-11000 ft., Thomson s. n. (BM), Kargia-Zaskar Ca.13000 ft, W. Koelz 5484 (B), Pensi La 4350 m, Raeu 2860 (G), Baltistan, Deosai c 13,000 ft, C.B. Clarke 29820 (BM), above Rattu, Astor, in swamps, R.R. Stewart 22794 (K).
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Perennial, ascending or prostrate herbs. Rootstock generally undivided, rarely poorly branched. Floral stem up to 40 cm long, slender, leafy, pale-brown, adpressed pilose. Leaves 5-10 cm long, 2-3 pinnate, petioles adpressed pilose. Basal stipules adnate with lanceolate acuminate auricles, upper stipules ovate and green. Leaflets 1.5-2.5 cm long, upper surface subglabrous, lower dull white tomentose, deeply divided up to the midrib, leaflet segments remote, in 2-4 pairs, 0.9-1.8 cm long, oblong-linear, slender, obtuse. Flowers 9-12 mm diam, yellow. Speals densly pilose, eglandulose, subequal, outer oblong obtuse, inner ovate acute. Petals 6-7 mm long, obovate. Carpels numerous, styles subterminal, c 1 mm long, thickened at the base.
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