About Potentilla micrantha Ramond ex DC.
Potentilla micrantha Ramond ex DC. is a small perennial herb with a thick stump and no runners (it is non-stoloniferous). Its stems are thin, short, and densely covered in fine hairs, and can reach up to 10 centimetres (3.9 in) in height. It produces small, hairy-silky leaves that are elliptical, ternate, and have 6 to 11 teeth along the edges. Both sides of the leaves are gray-green and covered in straight hairs. The plant resembles wild strawberries, and is quite similar to the species Potentilla sterilis. Its flowers are small, with white or rarely pale pink petals that grow up to 3 mm wide. The corolla of the flower has a diameter of 7–10 mm, and the calyx extends outward past the corolla. A distinctive characteristic of this species is the beetroot color of the inside of its calyx. This species occurs primarily in the Mediterranean region, across Europe, North Africa, and Asia Minor. Its range extends from the Pyrenees through southern Europe to the Balkan Peninsula. It is mainly widespread in the mountains of Southern Europe, with limited smaller areas of occurrence in Spain, Central Europe (Germany and Switzerland), the Black Sea region, the Caucasus, and South Africa. It grows wild in mountain and hill grasslands, moderately open woodlands, and bushy areas, as well as in open environments, at elevations up to 1,500 metres (4,900 ft) above sea level.
