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Potentilla argyrophylla (view source)
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Potentilla argyrophylla, Wall. (P. insignis, Royle). Sts. erect. 8-16 in. high, nearly simple, leafy, cymosely few-fld., above puberulent and whitish tomentose: basal lvs. large, long-petioled, mostly ternate; lfts. subsessile, broadly obovate or elliptic-ovate or obovate- oblong, more or less rugose beneath, coarsely incised- serrate with acute teeth, more or less densely silky above, rarely subglabrate, densely white-tomentose beneath: fls. long-pedicelled showy 1 - 1 1/4 in broad; petals broadly obcordate, twice the length of the sepals, yellow; carpels glabrous, smooth; style subtermmal, greatly thickened at the base. June-Aug. Himalayas. This species and the next are two of the most common species in cult., and are extensively hybridized with each other and with P. nepalensis, giving rise to most of the hybrid potentillas of the trade. (Fig. 3157.)
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#REDIRECT [[Potentilla atrosanguinea var. argyrophylla]]
#REDIRECT [[Potentilla atrosanguinea var. argyrophylla]]