Potentilla brevifolia Nutt. ex Torr. & Gray

Potentilla brevifolia Nutt.; T. & G. Fl. N. Am. 1 : 442. 1840
Plant very low, cespitose, perennial, with a short caudex ; stems less than 1 cm. high,. slender, 1or 2-leaved, glandular-puberulent ; stipules about 0.5 cm. long, broadly ovate, entire, the lower scarious ; basal leaves many, small, pinnate with 1-2 pairs of leaflets, puberulent; leaflets suborbicular with cuneate base, 2-3-cleft and crenate, 0.5-1 cm. long; stemleaves much reduced, and subsessile; hypanthium glandular-puberulent, sometimes with a few long hairs, in fruit less than 5 mm. broad; flowers about 8 mm. in diameter; bractlets oblong, obtuse or acutish, a little shorter than the sepals, which are broadly ovate and acute or slightly mucron ate, 4 mm. long; petals a little longer than the sepals, yellow, obovate, and often a little notched ; stamens about 20 ; pistils many.
Type locality : Near the summit of mountains, within the perpetual snow line, near Goodier River of the Oregon.
Distribution : High mountains from Oregon to western Wyoming.

Potentilla brevifolia adalah spesies tumbuhan yang tergolong ke dalam famili Rosaceae. Spesies ini juga merupakan bagian dari ordo Rosales. Spesies Potentilla brevifolia sendiri merupakan bagian dari genus Potentilla. Nama ilmiah dari spesies ini pertama kali diterbitkan oleh Nutt. ex Torr. & A.Gray.