| Potentilla nivea |
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| Flower |
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| (from Atlas der Alpenflora) |
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| Scientific classification |
| Kingdom: |
Plantae |
| Clade: |
Tracheophytes |
| Clade: |
Angiosperms |
| Clade: |
Eudicots |
| Clade: |
Rosids |
| Order: |
Rosales |
| Family: |
Rosaceae |
| Genus: |
Potentilla |
| Species: |
P. nivea |
| Binomial name |
Potentilla nivea
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| Synonyms |
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- Fragaria nivea (L.) Crantz
- Potentilla concinna var. dissecta (S.Watson) B.Boivin
- Potentilla dryophylla Pall. ex Ledeb.
- Potentilla fragariifolia Less. ex Ledeb.
- Potentilla jamesoniana Grev.
- Potentilla jezoensis Soják
- Potentilla macrantha Ledeb.
- Potentilla matsuokana Makino
- Potentilla nivea var. alpina Turcz.
- Potentilla nivea var. arctica Cham. & Schltdl.
- Potentilla nivea subsp. chionodes Hiitonen
- Potentilla nivea var. dissecta S.Watson
- Potentilla nivea subsp. fallax A.E.Porsild
- Potentilla nivea var. incisa Turcz.
- Potentilla nivea var. insularis Peschkova
- Potentilla nivea var. major Turcz.
- Potentilla nivea var. niveiformis Jurtzev
- Potentilla nivea var. pentaphylla Turcz.
- Potentilla nivea var. petiolulata Popov
- Potentilla nivea var. quinquefolia Rydb.
- Potentilla nivea var. tomentosa Nilsson-Ehle ex Hultén
- Potentilla nivea f. unifoliolosa (Hultén) B.Boivin
- Potentilla quinquefolia (Rydb.) Rydb.
- Potentilla saximontana var. dissecta (S.Watson) Soják
- Potentilla uniflora subsp. arctica (Cham. & Schltdl.) Hiitonen
- Potentilla villosa var. unifoliolosa Hultén
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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).