Description from
Flora of China
Potentilla davidii Franchet; P. eriocarpa var. cathayana C. K. Schneider; P. eriocarpoides var. glabrescens J. Krause.
Leaflets abaxially sparsely white villous on veins, later glabrescent elsewhere, adaxially sparsely pilose or glabrescent, margin distally deeply 5–7-dentate, teeth ovate or elliptic-ovate, apex subrounded to acute. Fl. and fr. Jul–Oct.
Sparse forests, alpine meadows, rock crevices; 2700--5000 m. Shaanxi, Sichuan, Xizang, Yunnan [Bhutan, India, Kashmir, Nepal, Sikkim].