Potentilla fauriei H. Léveillé; P. paradoxa Nuttall ex Torrey & A. Gray; P. supina var. egibbosa Th. Wolf; P. supina subsp. paradoxa (Nuttall ex Torrey & A. Gray) Soják; P. supina var. paradoxa (Nuttall ex Torrey & A. Gray) Th. Wolf.

Flowering stems horizontally spreading, ascending, or erect. Radical leaf blade pinnate with 2–5 pairs leaflets; leaflets sessile with base decurrent and adnate to rachis in apical 1 or 2 pairs, margin obtusely serrate or incised serrate.

Meadows, wet places on mountain slopes, sandy river banks, field margins; 100--2000 m. Anhui, Gansu, Guangdong, Guizhou, Hebei, Heilongjiang, Henan, Hubei, Hunan, Jiangsu, Jiangxi, Jilin, Liaoning, Nei Mongol, Ningxia, Shaanxi, Shandong, Shanxi, Sichuan, Xinjiang, Xizang, Yunnan, Zhejiang [widespread in N hemisphere and subtropical regions].