山莓草(原变种) shan mei cao (yuan bian zhong)

Potentilla procumbens (Linnaeus) Clairville (1811), not Sibthorp (1794); P. sibbaldia Griesselich; P. sibbaldii A. Haller; Sibbaldia macrophylla Turczaninow ex Juzepczuk; S. procumbens var. macrophylla (Turczaninow ex Juzepczuk) Gubanov.

Flowering stems 4–20 cm tall, appressed pilose. Cauline leaf 1. Epicalyx segments much shorter than sepals. Petals slightly shorter than sepals. Fl. and fr. Jul–Aug.

Dry mountain slopes, grasslands by lakes; 2400--2600 m. Jilin, Xinjiang [widely distributed in N temperate zone, extending N nearly to arctic circle].