Potentilla nivea L., Sp. Pl.: 499 (1753) (syn: Fragaria nivea (L.) Crantz; Potentilla concinna var. dissecta (S.Watson) B.Boivin; Potentilla dryophylla Pall. ex Ledeb.; Potentilla fragariifolia Less. ex Ledeb.; Potentilla jamesoniana Grev.; Potentilla jezoensis Soják; Potentilla macrantha Ledeb.; Potentilla matsuokana Makino; Potentilla nivea var. alpina Turcz.; Potentilla nivea var. arctica Cham. & Schltdl.; Potentilla nivea subsp. chionodes Hiitonen; Potentilla nivea var. dissecta S.Watson; Potentilla nivea subsp. fallax A.E.Porsild; Potentilla nivea var. incisa Turcz.; Potentilla nivea var. insularis Peschkova; Potentilla nivea var. major Turcz.; Potentilla nivea var. niveiformis Jurtzev; Potentilla nivea var. pentaphylla Turcz.; Potentilla nivea var. petiolulata Popov; Potentilla nivea var. quinquefolia Rydb.; Potentilla nivea var. tomentosa Nilsson-Ehle ex Hultén; Potentilla nivea f. unifoliolosa (Hultén) B.Boivin; Potentilla quinquefolia (Rydb.) Rydb.; Potentilla saximontana var. dissecta (S.Watson) Soják; Potentilla uniflora subsp. arctica (Cham. & Schltdl.) Hiitonen; Potentilla villosa var. unifoliolosa Hultén);
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Subarctic & Subalpine: Alaska, Alberta, Altay, Arizona, Austria, British Columbia, Buryatiya, China North-Central, Chita, Colorado, East European Russia, Finland, France, Greenland, Inner Mongolia, Irkutsk, Italy, Japan, Kamchatka, Kazakhstan, Khabarovsk, Kirgizstan, Korea, Krasnoyarsk, Labrador, Magadan, Manchuria, Manitoba, Mongolia, Montana, New Mexico, Newfoundland, North European Russi, Northwest Territorie, Norway, Nunavut, Primorye, Québec, Sakhalin, Sweden, Switzerland, Tuva, Utah, Washington, West Siberia, Wyoming, Xinjiang, Yakutskiya, Yukon as per POWO;
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Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir, Sikkim as per BSI Flora of India Checklist;
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Common name: Snow Cinquefoil
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Potentilla nivea: 2 images.
Potentilla nivea photographed from Lahaul valley, Himachal Pradesh, in June.
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References: POWO Catalogue of Life The Plant List Ver.1.1 GBIF (High resolution specimens) BSI Flora of India Checklist Flora of China FoNA illustration Pan India Bouquets Flowers of India Wikipedia Burke Botany.Cz Wildflower infoflora Flickr
