Potentilla multifida var. minor Ledebour.

Flowering stems spreading near ground, 3–8 cm tall. Radical leaves 2.5–4 cm including petiole; leaf blade with (2 or)3 pairs of leaflets; segments ligulate fasciated, abaxially densely tomentose and sericeous-villous, adaxially densely appressed villous. Inflorescence few flowered. Fl. and fr. May–Jul.

Mountain meadows, alpine valleys; 1300--5000 m. Gansu, Hebei, Nei Mongol, Qinghai, Shaanxi, Xinjiang, Xizang [C and SW Asia].