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Potentilla nivea
Also called Snowy Cinquefoil
Potentilla nivea, the snow cinquefoil, is a small perennial wildflower of the rose family from cold subarctic and subalpine areas. It is a hardy alpine-style plant that needs cool conditions, good drainage and full sun.
Potentilla nivea, called the snow cinquefoil, snowy cinquefoil, and villous cinquefoil, is a species of flowering plant in the genus Potentilla, native to Subarctic Asia, North America, Greenland, and Europe, and the Subalpine Rockies and Alps. It comes in many ploidy levels; 2x, 3x, 4x, 5x, 6x, 7x, 8x and 10x.
It fwas first described by Carl Linnaeus in 1753, who described it as living in the alps (habitat in alpibus).
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Potentilla nivea by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
Pet safety from the ASPCA toxic and non-toxic plant lists.
