Potentilla potaninii Wolf

Herbs perennial. Roots usually branched. Flowering stems tufted, erect or ascending, 10–30 cm tall, together with petioles white tomentose and pilose. Radical leaves 2–10 cm including petiole; stipules brown, membranous, abaxially pilose; leaf blade pinnate with 2 or 3 pairs of leaflets; leaflets opposite, at intervals of 3–5 mm, sessile or subsessile, adaxially green, obovate or obovate-elliptic, 0.5–2.5 × 0.3–1.5 cm, abaxially white lanate, appressed villous on veins, adaxially appressed pilose, base cuneate, margin obtusely or acutely serrate, or pectinately parted, apex obtuse; teeth oblong or segments fasciated ligulate; cauline leaves: stipules green, lanceolate or ovate-lanceolate, herbaceous, abaxially white tomentose and pilose, margin entire, apex acuminate; leaf blade pinnate with 2 pairs of leaflets, or 3-foliolate. Inflorescence cymose, laxly many flowered. Flowers 1–1.5 cm in diam.; pedicel 1.5–2.5 cm, white tomentose. Sepals ovate-lanceolate or oblong-ovate, apex acuminate; epicalyx segments lanceolate or elliptic-lanceolate, nearly equaling or rarely slightly shorter than sepals, abaxially pilose. Petals yellow, obovate, 0.5–1 × as long as sepals, apex emarginate. Style subterminal, base slightly thickened; stigma dilated. Achenes smooth. Fl. and fr. Jun–Sep.

Gansu, Qinghai, Sichuan, Xizang, Yunnan [Bhutan].

Forests, forest margins, meadows on mountain slopes; 1700--4700 m.

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

Potentilla potaninii là loài thực vật có hoa trong họ Hoa hồng. Loài này được Th. Wolf miêu tả khoa học đầu tiên năm 1908.

华西委陵菜（学名：Potentilla potaninii）为蔷薇科委陵菜属的植物，为中国的特有植物。分布在中国大陆的青海、云南、四川、甘肃、西藏等地，生长于海拔1,700米至3,000米的地区，多生在山坡草地、林缘、沼地以及林下，目前尚未由人工引种栽培。