Potentilla dumosa (Franchet) Handel-Mazzetti; P. dumosa subsp. salwinensis Soják; P. dumosa var. stromatodes (Melchior) H. R. Fletcher; P. pulvinata (T. T. Yü & C. L. Li) Soják; P. salwinensis (Soják) Soják; P. salwinensis var. latiuscula Soják; P. salwinensis var. parviflora Soják; P. stromatodes Melchior; Sibbaldia pulvinata T. T. Yü & C. L. Li.

Stems low and tufted. Leaflets usually in 2–4 pairs. Inflorescence 1(–3)-flowered. Petals yellow throughout, not purple-red at base.

Alpine meadows, rock crevices; 3300--4500 m. Sichuan, Xizang, Yunnan [Myanmar].