About Potentilla argentea L.
Potentilla argentea L. has palmate basal leaves, which typically grow in groups of five. The upper surface of the leaves is grey-green, while the lower surface is silvery-white and covered in dense woolly hairs. Each individual plant produces multiple flowers, which bloom a few at a time between late spring and mid-summer. The flowers are arranged in leafy cymes. They measure around 1 to 1.5 cm wide, have five separate sulphur-yellow petals; each petal is rounded and wedge-shaped. This species has an upright or sprawling growth habit, and reaches up to 0.5 meters in height. Potentilla argentea grows best in sunny, disturbed, well-drained areas, at elevations ranging from sea level up to 2000 m.
