About

Potentilla hyparctica, commonly known as Arctic Cinquefoil, is a species of flowering plant belonging to the family Rosaceae.

Its native range is in the Subarctic of the Northern Hemisphere, northern Europe and Afghanistan to Central Asia and the Himalayas.

Where it grows

The range of Potentilla hyparctica is circumpolar in the Northern Hemisphere, predominantly in the arctic zone. Its European range includes northern Norway, including Svalbard, Finland, an isolated location in the mountains of northern Sweden and northern Russia. In Asia its range extends from Siberia and Afghanistan to Central Asia and the Himalayas. In North America its range includes Alaska, Northern Canada and Greenland. Habitat types include heaths, both dry and moist, hollows where early snows collect, vegetated slopes, damp scree slopes, river-side flats, tussocks in wetlands and areas where bird droppings accumulate. It usually grows on sand or gravel and prefers neutral or acidic soils.

Other Potentilla plants

Potentilla californica · Potentilla clevelandii · Potentilla daucifolia · Potentilla rydbergii · Potentilla micheneri · Potentilla yadonii · Potentilla muirii · Potentilla paniculata · Potentilla pickeringii · Potentilla rhypara · Potentilla santolinoides · Potentilla webberi