Potentilla subviscosa Greene

Potentilla subviscosa Greene, Bull. Torrey Club 8 : 97. 1881
Perennial, with a tap-root and short caudex ; stems many from the caudex, prostrate or spreading, sparingly hirsute and glanduliferous especially upward ; stipules ovatelanceolate, acute, entire ; basal leaves numerous, digitately (or seldom closely pinnately) 5-foliolate with the lower leaflets smallest ; petioles 3-5 cm. long, sparingly hirsute, puberulent ; stem-leaves reduced and ternate ; leaflets -A cm. long, obovate or cuneate in outline, deeply cleft into oblong or linear-oblong divisions, and the middle one often 3-divided to near the midrib, hirsute on the veins, puberulent and more or less glanduliferous ; hypanthium glanduliferous and puberulent, in age generally brownish and 5-7 mm, in diameter ; bractlets oblong-ovate, obtuse, 2-2.5 mm. long, shorter than the ovate, acute or obtuse sepals ; petals cuneate or spatulate, about 5 mm. long and one half longer than the sepals ; style short, glandular-thickened at the base ; stamens 10; pistils about 15.
Type locality : Mogollon Mountains, New Mexico.
Distribution : Mountains of Arizona, New Mexico, and northern Mexico.

Potentilla subviscosa adalah spesies tumbuhan yang tergolong ke dalam famili Rosaceae. Spesies ini juga merupakan bagian dari ordo Rosales. Spesies Potentilla subviscosa sendiri merupakan bagian dari genus Potentilla. Nama ilmiah dari spesies ini pertama kali diterbitkan oleh Greene.